Posted on 08/17/2021 5:31:36 AM PDT by buckalfa
COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – A bipartisan group of South Carolina state senators is requesting a special session to reconsider the state’s ban on mask mandates in schools.
Senators Brad Hutto (D-Orangeburg), Ronnie Sabb (D-Williamsburg), Luke Rankin (R-Horry), and Sandy Senn (R-Charleston) signed the letter requesting that Senate President Harvey Peeler call the special session.
The letter cited the state’s increased COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases among students.
“When originally passed, many may have thought COVID-19 was well under control,” the letter reads. “Now, many in the Senate would like to revisit this proviso given the current conditions.”
The South Carolina General Assembly included the proviso in the budget that would pull state funding from school districts if they implemented a mask mandate.
The city of Columbia and Richland County passed emergency orders to require masks in all elementary and middle schools.
More South Carolina schools set to flout mask mandate ban.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson sent a letter to Columbia City Council last week warning them that their mandate violated state law and that they needed to take action or face legal consequences.
Charleston County School Board voted Monday night to require masks for anyone inside schools until October 15.
More than 1,000 South Carolina doctors also signed a petition asking lawmakers to repeal the ban on school mask mandates.
The South Carolina School Board Association is also asking lawmakers to suspend the provisos regarding masks in schools and virtual learning to give local school boards more power to make those decisions.
We know what that means.... republicans figuring out how to mandate the masks
Masks don’t prevent anyone from getting COVID even according to the CDC.
2021 is proving that State Legislatures are truly powerless to stop the left’s power grab. From election reform/audits to Wuhan, the ruling class is tyrannical and lawless.
I read somewhere that animals can catch COVID. Why aren’t they mandating masks for all dogs?
“The letter cited the state’s increased COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases among students. “
No where in the Senator’s letter, or the article does it actually say what the case rate is, if kids have symptoms, rate of hospitalization or ICU. Nothing to give an actual number or basis of comparison Just “cases”.
Masks don’t prevent anyone from getting COVID even according to the CDC.It's not about science, it's about politics.
Republicans are terrified at being held accountable. They want to hide behind Fauci's skirt.
The stupid $hits just don’t get science. Masks do not work. They actually harm. But more than that, this is a freedom issue. They don’t give a damn about individual freedoms.
Half the deer population somewhere have it according to report I read.
IIRC dogs can’t catch the Wuhan virus but cats can. Picture, if you will, trying to put a mask on a cat.
IMHO, the kids would get more “protection” and avoid the well-documented HARM that face masks cause, if each was “mandated” to carry a rabbit’s foot, a four-leaf clover or other lucky charm.
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