KANSAS CITY MAYOR Q RELENTS ON COVID MASK MANDATE!!!

For the record, this is what's important about today's COVID public health policy news . . .

MAYOR Q WAS ONE OF THE LAST ELECTED LEADERS IN THE KANSAS CITY METRO TO GIVE UP ON COVID MASK MANDATES!!!

 As we noted earlier this morning . . . 

Several major area school districts lift mask mandates this week

Moreover . . . Cities across the nation and across the metro moved quickly to encourage some sense of normalcy and acknowledge the emotional and psychological threat to youngsters amid COVID mask mandate. 

Finally, when cities across the metro gave in . . . Mayor Q finally relented.

Here's the aftermath . . . 

"We reimposed Kansas City's K-12 mask mandate as omicron swept through our community following the holiday season — protecting our students, teachers, and families during this spike — with the goal of getting Kansas City through a difficult moment. I am glad to see cases decline.

"With cases, hospitalizations, and deaths on a continued decline, it is time for government to focus on COVID-19 mitigation efforts such as regular testing and ensuring all have access to vaccines. I do not intend to renew Kansas City’s mask mandate after its Feb. 17 expiration," the mayor said on Twitter.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

Kansas City mayor says he will let K-12 mask mandate expire

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said Tuesday he will not seek to renew the city's K-12 indoor mask mandate.It is set to expire on Thursday."We reimposed Kansas City's K-12 mask mandate as omicron swept through our community following the holiday season - protecting our students, teachers, and families during this spike - with the goal of getting Kansas City through a difficult moment.

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas won't renew school mask mandate as COVID cases fall

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Tuesday on social media that he will not renew the city's mask mandate for students and staff inside school buildings when it expires on Thursday, Feb. 17. Kansas City's mask mandate for schools was reinstated Jan. 9 following city council approval. The council voted again on Feb.

KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas says he will not renew school mask mandate

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas announced Tuesday via social media that he does not intend to renew a mask mandate for public schools. The current mandate was put in place in early February as a response to the omicron variant of COVID-19, which caused a rise in cases.

Mayor Lucas says he doesn't 'intend to renew' the city's mask mandate after it expires

KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas said on Twitter today that he doesn't intend on renewing the city's mask mandate after it expires on Thursday, Feb. 17. "We reimposed Kansas City's K-12 mask mandate as Omicron swept through our community following the holiday season-protecting our students, teachers, and families during this spike-with the goal of getting Kansas City through a difficult moment," Lucas said.

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