Looking For Ways For Kids To Be Free From the Masks Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney has a different approach to dealing with Covid Pandemic restrictions. She takes little of the state proffered "wisdom" at face value. She does her own research, her own homework. She looks for ways to move forward and she pushes back, especially when it comes to kids. McKinney is a mother herself and she says her second grader is tough on masks to the point that she questions if there is any benefit provided at all. She also questions if any of the alleged benefit is even necessary for kids .