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The statewide mask mandate may be set to end this weekend, but Utahns will still need to keep their face coverings handy as many businesses will continue requiring them.
And more than 70% of residents say they’re OK with that, according to a new poll.
The majority of Utahns (52%) strongly believe businesses should be allowed to continue requiring masks in the effort to end the COVID-19 pandemic while 19% strongly believe they should not, the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute poll found. Another 19% of residents say they somewhat agree that businesses should be able to keep requiring masks, 8% say they somewhat disagree, and 1% aren’t sure.
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COVID-19 vaccine trials for kids are critical for Utah â its young population canât hit herd immunity without them
Hereâs how one Utah family decided to join a clinical trial to test the coronavirus vaccine for children.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) l-r The Sweeten children Emily, 5, Kaden, 10 and Jackson, 8, laughing with their mother Tristen, will participate in Moderna s upcoming clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, to determine their safety and efficacy for children as young as 6 months.
Layton ⢠Jackson Sweeten wants to be the first kid in Utah to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
âWeâre hoping to be one, two and three for the vaccine trial,â 8-year-old Jackson said of himself and his siblings. âIâll be one â â