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Schools, businesses sorting through new mask rule

Mask Up Going to School by Tim Dennell is licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

Michigan’s mask and distance requirements are lifted now for most people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but there’s still some mystery on exactly what that means.

That’s especially true when it comes to students, teachers, and in-person learning.

For example, there are classes where some students are old enough to be vaccinated who may be mingling with students who are not.
Peter Spadafore is with the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators.

“That will still be something that we still have to consider is we have a population of those that we serve that still aren’t yet eligible for vaccination.”

Also, there’s no requirement that parents prove that students have gotten a COVID vaccine, although that is required for other infectious diseases such as polio and measles, unless parents get a waiver.