Mask mandate - SquareOffs

Asked by ABC 17 News

859 Votes

Is it time to end most mask mandates?

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Yes

More and more public institutions are ending or relaxing mask mandates. Over the past week, the University of Missouri System ended its requirements and the City of Columbia end... Show More

More and more public institutions are ending or relaxing mask mandates. Over the past week, the University of Missouri System ended its requirements and the City of Columbia ended its mandate in most city buildings. Show Less

4 Comments

Max

If your mask fogs up your glasses, or if you can smell odors through it, then it doesn't work. It should have never existed in the first place.

Kevin Wilkins

The pandemic is coming to and end. Also it is illegal to mandate anyone to wear a mask or get a vaccine for that matter, we are not under a dictatorship nor are we in a communist country. Wearing a mask or getting a shot is each person's personal choice and right.

Will Mason

Not "most". End them all.

Niki Goldenstein

All mask mandates!!!!

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No

The Columbia Board of Education voted this month to extend the district's mask mandate and health officials continue to recommend people wear masks indoors.

The Columbia Board of Education voted this month to extend the district's mask mandate and health officials continue to recommend people wear masks indoors. Show Less

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Audrey Shewmaker

This covid-19 is'nt over by a long shot. People are still getting sick vaccinated or not.

Max

Then the vaccination doesn't work. Who would a thunk that?

Wendi Newman

Mask mandates need to stay in place until we have a vaccine for all age groups and everyone who chooses protection actually has it. Then let the spreaders unmask.

Becky

Last time we ended the mask mandate too soon and cases went up....give it a little longer.

Should the Columbia Public Schools mask mandate remain in effect?

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1,179 Votes

Should the Columbia Public Schools mask mandate remain in effect?

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The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday on another extension of its coronavirus mitigation plan, which includes a mask mandate.

The Columbia Board of Education voted Monday on another extension of its coronavirus mitigation plan, which includes a mask mandate. Show Less

2 Comments

Wendi Newman

The safety of our children and staff should be priority number one during this world pandemic.

Melanie Cusick

Per your Tuesday Update, yes, transmission has *slowed,* but nearly all of Missouri, including Boone and all its surrounding counties, are still shown to have "high" levels of transmission.

Max

Your comprehension of numbers is just outstanding.

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No

Some schools in Mid-Missouri have rolled back mask mandates as the delta-driven wave of new cases has slowed.

Some schools in Mid-Missouri have rolled back mask mandates as the delta-driven wave of new cases has slowed. Show Less

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Brittany Hart

Take masks off of these babies! This youngest generation of children at school have a hard enough time paying attention as it is, let alone just wrapping up their face for most of the day so they have something to play with.

Max

Liberals don't care about children. That's why they love abortion.

Courtney Lucas

Masks should be optional. CPS only cares about the ESSER money they receive for keeping mandates in place. They do not care about our kids!!!

Max

Mask the teachers and other adult staff. Leave the children alone.

Should the Jefferson City School District have kept its mask mandate in place?

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449 Votes

Should the Jefferson City School District have kept its mask mandate in place?

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Many parents and educators feel strongly that mask mandates are needed in schools where coronavirus transmission rates are high, such as Cole County.

Many parents and educators feel strongly that mask mandates are needed in schools where coronavirus transmission rates are high, such as Cole County. Show Less

3 Comments

Adam Schrader

Thank God I pulled my kids out of JC schools 20 years ago. All students 12 years of age or more should be vaccinated. Mandatory. All kids wear masks. Mandatory.

Sue Evans

Obviously masking is working. It's little premature to say the risk is gone.

John Starke

If I have to explain, you wouldn't understand.

Max

Mask your own children, leave the other children alone. If I have to explain that to you, you would not understand.

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No

The Jefferson City School District removed a mask mandate for students and staff indoors effective Friday. The district said case rates were low enough to remove the requirement.

The Jefferson City School District removed a mask mandate for students and staff indoors effective Friday. The district said case rates were low enough to remove the requirement. Show Less

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Will Mason

There is no evidence that they work.

Max

There is plenty of evidence that it traumatizes many of the children.

Mask mandate SquareOffs

Is it time to end most mask mandates?

50% Yes Yes

50% No No

50% Yes

50% No

Should the Columbia Public Schools mask mandate remain in effect?

50% Yes Yes

50% No No

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50% No

Should the Jefferson City School District have kept its mask mandate in place?

49% Yes Yes

51% No No

49% Yes

51% No

About Mask mandate

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