Political Rewind: Deja Vu As Schools Return Amid Rising Cases, Without State Guidance
Monday on Political Rewind: Officials continue to resist the establishment of\xa0statewide procedures for mitigating the possible spread of COVID-19 in schools. Cases are rising as students head back to classrooms for their\xa0first weeks of classes.\n\nIn Atlanta, public schools will begin offering vaccines to middle and high school students age 12 and older\xa0next week.\n\nElsewhere, a\xa0weekend gathering of Republicans at a major event in Floyd County highlighted the dominant grasp Donald Trump continues to have on the state GOP. Candidates for office echoed the false sentiment that Georgia presidential election was fraudulent, and vowed to oppose\xa0local mask mandates.\n\nPanelists:\n\nDr. Karen Owen \u2014 Professor of political science, University of West Georgia\n\nDr. Amy Steigerwalt \u2014 Professor of political science, Georgia State University\n\nTia Mitchell \u2014 Washington reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution