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"I am hopeful that this will motivate more parents to vaccinate their children and bring us closer to mitigating this disease." But, Parks, who lives in Lewes, Del., says, he's worried "that parents may lie about their children’s immune status and that unvaccinated children may become targeted." Parks says he's also worried that teachers will have trouble enforcing the masking of unvaccinated children.
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"I am personally conflicted about not requiring kids to wear masks if they are vaccinated," Matthew Parks, a father of three, tells Yahoo Life. "What does this mean for elementary schools? Will this lead to an uptick in bullying complaints/volatility in buildings? How do we police this all day?" an education attorney wrote. Others expressed concern about how this can affect kids socially. "Neat! I'm gonna keep my mask on though," someone else said. Just keep mask-wearing policies in place," one person wrote on Twitter.
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"How do schools reasonably sort unvaccinated and vaccinated students and staff?! This is madness. Reactions were swift - and varied - on social media. "Promoting vaccination can help schools safely return to in-person learning as well as extracurricular activities and sports." "Vaccination is currently the leading public health prevention strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic," the CDC says in the guidance. Those who are unvaccinated and over the age of 2 should still wear a mask, the CDC says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly unveiled new guidance for schools on Friday that says students and staff who are vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear a mask indoors.