one of the most appalling things i've ever heard. >> it's just i don't want my kids to wear a mask and that's the opt out. >> i don't wanna. >> you told me one of your son's class mase ended nupt hospital for five days with covid pneumonia. >> yes. >> we can't confirm definitively where your son or his classmate was exposed. you're worried that it's going to spread to even more kids? >> oh, absolutely. it is. it's spreading to the elementary schools. and what happens is it starts -- when the mandate was passed for k through 5 the middle and high schools were left unprotected. and it gradually -- it kind of rocketed right through the high schools as one would expect for those who are unvaccinated and into the middle schools. and we're starting to see that spread continue into the elementary school. the numbers have started to tick up. and what we've also seen is the number of exemptions have grown over the last several weeks as well. the school district publishes both case counts as well as exemption counts by school. >> is anyone having a change of