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Posted on 08/25/2021 11:55:00 AM PDT by lightman
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf is calling on the Republican-led legislature to return to the Capitol immediately to pass legislation mandating the use of masks in K-12 classrooms and child-care centers throughout Pennsylvania.
In a letter to legislative leaders in both chambers, the Democratic governor struck a note of urgency, noting that many public schools have already returned to the classroom — many without mask requirements — and that parents overwhelmingly support a statewide mask mandate in classrooms.
Just 59 school districts out of the 474 that submitted health and safety plans to the Department of Education had implemented mandatory masking policies as of the end of July, Wolf said in a letter sent Wednesday to Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (R., Centre) and House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R., Lancaster).
“For most of the past 18 months, the legislature has asked for my administration to defer to local governments and local organizations when making mitigation decisions,” Wolf wrote. “It is clear that action is needed to ensure children are safe as they return to the classroom.”
Wolf could not be reached for immediate comment.
Jason Gottesman, spokesperson for House Republicans, said in an interview that the chamber has no plans to immediately return, and reiterated the belief that masking decisions should be made at the local level.
“We’ve been for local decision-making since the beginning of the pandemic,” said Gottesman, who also noted that voters earlier this year voted to curtail Wolf’s emergency powers, which was largely viewed as a referendum on the governor’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
This story will be updated.
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Why can’t a tractor trailer jackknife on I-83 when he’s around…
How ‘bout “No.”
If the Republican Legislature had any balls, they would say Ok we are going to hold a hearing and allow the Governor to personally Present ALL the Science he has demonstrating a face mask will prevent the transmission of a respiratory virus. He will be Under Oath and Subject to Perjury also.
can anyone provide one shred of evidence that kids wearing dirty snot rags on their face at s hill makes any difference in the spread of covid or amount of quarantines in school?
I don’t see the problem here. If those who are afraid of the China Virus want to wear a mask then they can. They will then themselves be protected from the China Virus by the mask they are wearing.....right
Parents, print that meme on t-shirts and send your kids to skrewl in them.
Then work on getting your kids out of publik skrewl.
more important are horse power limitations on go kart racing
“parents overwhelmingly support a statewide mask mandate in classrooms”
If you believe masks are effective (you would need a N95, not a cloth mask) then you are free to wear one. Problem solved.
The Commie b*stard has been stripped of his dicktatorial power by voters. Be gone, Slope-shouldered Mediocrity!
N95s are no guarantee.
That is the volunteer phase. If that fails then comes bribing them with pork spending. If that fails, he will used force and mandate it.
Screw “Tommie The Commie”.
Problem is, the Karans were brainwashed by former PA Secretary of Health Dr. Richard (Dickless) aka “Rachel” Levine who started the ditty (best sung to the tune of the Barney song)
My mask protects you.
Your mask protects me.
More of the same from the idiot
I don’t live in PA (yet), but if I did, I would tell Wolfie to sit on it and rotate.
The openings between the fibers of a surgical mask are 1,000 times larger than a particle of the CV... the virus freely passes through it.
The openings of a cloth mask are 5,000 larger.
I thought we were supposed to follow the science. The science says masks cannot possibly work against the CV.
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