TY - JOUR
T1 - Association Between K–12 School Mask Policies and School-Associated COVID-19 Outbreaks — Maricopa and Pima Counties, Arizona, July–August 2021
AU - Jehn, Megan
AU - McCullough, J. Mac
AU - Dale, Ariella P.
AU - Gue, Matthew
AU - Eller, Brian
AU - Cullen, Theresa
AU - Scott, Sarah E.
N1 - Funding Information:
Angelica Flores; Raymond Gue; Matthew Speer; Va’Trelle Stokely; Jessica Wani; Carly Whalen; Parker Young; Jennifer Collins; Christina Mrukowicz; Brandon Howard; Kasey Busick; Matthew Christenberry; Amanda Sapp; Maricopa County Department of Public Health Cluster Response Team; Arizona Department of Education; Maricopa County and Pima County K–12 school partners
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021. MMWR Recommendations and Reports. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - CDC recommends universal indoor masking by students, staff members, faculty, and visitors in kindergarten through grade 12 (K–12) schools, regardless of vaccination status, to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (1). Schools in Maricopa and Pima Counties, which account for >75% of Arizona’s population (2), resumed in-person learning for the 2021–22 academic year during late July through early August 2021. In mid-July, county-wide 7-day case rates were 161 and 105 per 100,000 persons in Maricopa and Pima Counties, respectively, and 47.6% of Maricopa County residents and 59.2% of Pima County residents had received at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. School districts in both counties implemented variable mask policies at the start of the 2021–22 academic year (Table).
AB - CDC recommends universal indoor masking by students, staff members, faculty, and visitors in kindergarten through grade 12 (K–12) schools, regardless of vaccination status, to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (1). Schools in Maricopa and Pima Counties, which account for >75% of Arizona’s population (2), resumed in-person learning for the 2021–22 academic year during late July through early August 2021. In mid-July, county-wide 7-day case rates were 161 and 105 per 100,000 persons in Maricopa and Pima Counties, respectively, and 47.6% of Maricopa County residents and 59.2% of Pima County residents had received at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. School districts in both counties implemented variable mask policies at the start of the 2021–22 academic year (Table).
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U2 - 10.15585/mmwr.mm7039e1
DO - 10.15585/mmwr.mm7039e1
M3 - Article
C2 - 34591830
AN - SCOPUS:85117342771
SN - 1057-5987
VL - 70
SP - 1372
EP - 1373
JO - MMWR Recommendations and Reports
JF - MMWR Recommendations and Reports
IS - 39
ER -