order banning mask mandates, in schools, his office today put out a statement warning of, quote, financial consequences for noncompliance for dissenting school superintendents and school-board members. the most recent data shows the positivity rate in florida, for children under 12, at more than 20%. and more than 24% for ages 12 through 19. and because kids under 12 cannot be given the vaccine, public-health experts have been pushing for mask wearing in schools. which, in florida, puts them at odds with the governor. same for texas, where covid hospitalizations are climbing so steeply that at one, big hospital in houston, tents are being set up, in case they are needed to handle the overflow. the school superintendent there, recently, proposed a mask mandate to be taken up by the board later-this week, in defiance of governor abbott's orders. and schools in dallas announced a mandate, today. in south carolina, which also bars such action, the governor, henry mcmaster, had this to say. >> shutting a state down, closing schools and masking