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Boston students will wear masks this fall, Janey says
“As folks know there are a number of children who still are not eligible for the vaccine.” Boston Acting Mayor Kim Janey, seen here in a March meeting with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, announced masks will be required for students in the fall. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
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Acting mayor Kim Janey announced Boston Public School (BPS) students will be required to wear masks this fall.
“As folks know there are a number of children who still are not eligible for the vaccine,” Janey said. “Children are currently wearing masks as they are in summer school and in different programs throughout the city and this fall they will be wearing masks still.”
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Massachusetts schools to keep current fall plan amid pediatrics group call for universal masking Share Updated: 10:26 PM EDT Jul 19, 2021
Massachusetts schools to keep current fall plan amid pediatrics group call for universal masking Share Updated: 10:26 PM EDT Jul 19, 2021
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Show Transcript 50 is the most important thing. Charlie Ahearn says he feels comfortable sending his vaccinated teenage daughters to school without a mask. But if the call is to mask up, they will, I know the kids don t like wearing the masks but okay. I mean, how can you argue against safety? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommending all kids wear a mask this fall regardless of vaccination status. The C. D. C. Has said, students who are fully vaccinated should not need to wear a mask. Doctor john Brownstein with boston Children s Hospital says it s hard to apply a blanket policy at this stage of the pandemic, we have huge variations by geography based on v