DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Dad and mom might quickly be capable to resolve if their youngsters can ditch their masks at any and all faculties in Douglas County.
That is contingent on a vote that the brand new Douglas County well being division is ready to take Friday on a brand new public well being order on masking. FOX31 is advised it is rather prone to move.
Ever since final month, when the Tri-County Well being Division mandated masks for all college students ages 2 and older, some dad and mom have been upset, protesting and lobbying Douglas County commissioners to discover a method round that mandate.
And the commissioners did — by voting to depart Tri-County and make their own health department.
Tri-County will proceed offering public well being providers by way of the tip of 2022, though Douglas County gained’t have any representatives on its board.
However the brand new Douglas County Board of Well being will management its personal public well being coverage — together with something to do with COVID-19.
In fact, there are many dad and mom and different docs who imagine it is a unhealthy, and probably harmful, thought.
Living proof: Douglas County had about 180 confirmed covid circumstances for each 100,000 folks final week. The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention considers {that a} “excessive unfold neighborhood,” the place everybody is very advisable to put on a masks.
However the brand new well being board says choices shouldn’t be made simply on these statistics.
The assembly is ready for 3 p.m. Friday. You’ll be able to read the agenda here.
FOX31 is following this story and can present updates on the Friday vote.