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John Pritchett: Old School

Masks are no longer required at Hawaii’s airports and on public transportation after a federal judge struck down a national mandate — something the Biden administration is appealing. The state’s indoor mask mandate lifted March 26. But masks are still required in Hawaii’s public schools until summer.

By John Pritchett

April 24, 2022 · 1 min read

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John Pritchett is an award-winning cartoonist. He has created artwork in Hawaii for decades, including 20 years at the Honolulu Weekly. See his portfolio on the web at: pritchettcartoons.com. Opinions are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Civil Beat’s views.

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the requirement is a conservative one because younger children can not get the same number of vaccine shots. you can not assume age by grades the student is in since there can be some that were younger when they started kindergarten. others may have been held back, even more than once. you also do not know if their families are all up to date on their vaccinations. so this is a more common sense decision.

dork · 4 years ago

Nothing wrong with that!

Richard · 4 years ago

On when hand we have people, who for years have been fine with government telling them what body parts they must cover while in public, suddenly thinking that’s government overreach. On the other hand we have people who think stopping one person from getting the virus and possibly dying or having long Covid, is worth the slight inconvenience of continuing to wear masks. Especially since public schools aren’t able to do social distancing. I know what side I’m on.

Keala_Kaanui · 4 years ago

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