In the summer of 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic gained ever greater traction in the United States and across the world, 24-year-old Natasha went home to see her parents in Colorado. The University of Utah employee had worked hard to stay up-to-date on scientific understanding of the virus. Her parents were both at high-risk of becoming severely ill if they contracted COVID-19. If I wanted to hug them, I was putting them at a high risk of getting it, Natasha says. For her first trip home since the pandemic had started, she quarantined for 14 days and had two COVID tests. Even then, she says, she felt guilty and increasingly anxious the closer she got to their home. I felt like I was doing something wrong, she says.
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3 Utah school districts now allow students to skip masks, based on their parentsâ judgment
School mask exemption movement gaining steam even as educators, health officials worry about the risk of coronavirus spread to students, teachers and the community.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Children rip up a large paper mask at a rally protesting government mask mandates at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020.
  | April 24, 2021, 3:10 p.m.
Some Utah school districts have taken the issue of whether students should have to wear masks and put it in parentsâ hands.
Within the last week, three districts â Kane County, San Juan and Iron County â and one Orem charter school have stopped requiring doctorâs notes for students seeking a mask exemption in their schools.