‘I don’t see how it can be safe’: Florida schools on frontlines of state’s mask war
Aug 08, 2021
4 minutes
With about two weeks to go until the start of a new school year, Miami father Jerry Greenberg is feeling anxious.
With the more contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 fueling record-breaking positive cases across Florida, Greenberg’s biggest fear is that his son and daughter will catch the deadly respiratory disease even if they are wearing masks.
“They will be exposed to [other] kids not wearing masks and they could get sick,” Greenberg said. “I think they can safely go back in person, but only if they all wear masks. Without masks, I don’t see how it can be safe.”
Thousands of other parents across Florida
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