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Prematurely lifting mandates to ‘return to normal’ is wishful thinking

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category icon COVID-19 coverage, Editorials, Opinion

A number of Washington students — including hundreds of students who have protested K-12 mask mandates in Washougal, Ridgefield and Cowlitz County this month — are joining a growing list of people across the globe who are fed up with public health mitigations meant to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Several states, including Oregon, have already set dates for an end to indoor mask mandates and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is likely to follow suit this week.

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