Vaccine mandates ordered in New York City, New Jersey schools as masking battle escalates in Florida

8/24/21
 
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from The Washington Post,
8/23/21:

The 2021-22 school year started Monday for hundreds of thousands of students across the country as battles over mask mandates escalated, and the federal government’s full approval of a coronavirus vaccine gave officials a new weapon to stop the spread of the delta variant on campuses.

The mayor set a deadline of Sept. 27 for more than 148,000 New York City education staff members — including teachers, contractor workers and central office workers — to have a first shot, and they will have to prove they have been vaccinated.

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