School says students must wear masks when chewing, swallowing food in cafeteria

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(THE BLAZE) – A Washington state school decreed that students must wear masks in the cafeteria — while chewing and swallowing food, Jason Rantz of KTTH-AM reported.

In addition, the school district backed the mask mandate from Tacoma’s Geiger Montessori School using guidance that doesn’t exist, Rantz also reported — and he added that the cited guidance actually indicates students should not wear masks while eating lunch.

Rantz noted a portion of an email to parents from Principal Neil O’Brien outlining the policy: “Yes. Children should wear masks during lunch. They can lower it to take a bite or a drink, and raise it to chew, swallow, or talk. Our cafeteria has a fantastic airflow system and children are spaced apart AND when over a hundred of them are in one large room (the cafeteria and gym combined) we need to treat lunchtime as a dangerous time for all. Children need to continue to wear their masks during lunch.”

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