Teachers’ unionization rate was positively associated with school district mask mandates. The relationshipwas strongestin districts where a high percentage of union members were Democrats.
A one-standard-deviation increase in teachers’ unionization was associated with a 12.5 percent relative increase in the probability that a school
district adopts a mask mandate, they reported.
In a September 2020 article, Thomas Selden and colleagues examined the risk for severe COVID-19 for people connected to schools, including employees and those living in the same households as school employees or school-age children.
"Between 42.0 percent and 51.4 percent of all school employees met the CDC definition for being at increased risk for severe COVID-19," they reported.
Today on Health Affairs Blog, Jennifer Oliva and coauthors argue that syringe services programs have definitively established positive public health impacts despite significant political opposition.
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