Podcasts Government Georgia Today COVID-19 Outbreaks, (Some) Mask Mandates Greet Georgia Students As Schools Open

COVID-19 Outbreaks, (Some) Mask Mandates Greet Georgia Students As Schools Open

Published: Aug. 13, 2021, 5:23 p.m.

b'Georgia students are beginning their second year of school during the pandemic as coronavirus cases skyrocket, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. With children under 12 not yet eligible for the vaccine, some school districts are already seeing battles over how best to keep kids safe for in-person learning. Gov. Brian Kemp says he has no plans to impose mask or vaccination mandates. Steve Fennessy gets into all this and more with Atlanta-based Wall Street Journal reporter Cam McWhirter.'