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Schools vs. governors on mask mandates
Florida’s COVID-19 rates are worse than they have ever been. The state now makes up almost 20% of the entire caseload in the country. Meanwhile, in Texas, there were just 368 ICU beds available across the state as of Tuesday. These two states — and their schools — are heated battlegrounds over public health mandates and the way forward.
- Plus, Afghanistan’s security situation collapses.
- And, a Palestinian-American sprinter on her unlikely Olympic journey.
Guests: Axios' Mike Allen, Oriana González and Glen Johnson; Olympic sprinter Hanna Barakat
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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What we know about kids and COVID
Yesterday, California became the first state to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or get tested weekly for COVID. In other states, like Texas and Florida, school districts are fighting state and local government to implement mask mandates for students.
All of this is happening as students are starting to go back to in-person schooling, and as pediatric COVID hospitalizations are on the rise.
- Plus, the Delta variant is catching up with air travel.
- And, calls for better conditions for migrant teens in U.S. custody in Texas.
Guests: Axios' Joann Muller, Tina Reed, and Fadel Allassan.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, and Ben O'Brien. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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