KOLD fake news reporter Bud News and Pima County Chief Medical Officer Francisco Garcia lie about why covid cases are plateauing and lie with claims mask mandates in schools are driving down cases.
Here are covid case numbers from Pima County schools from 8/24 (no mask mandate) compared to 8/31 (with a mask mandate):
Amphi
https://www.amphi.com/Page/22755
8/24
4 of 1955 amphi employees has covid, .20%
49 out of 12,100 students have covid, .40%
8/31
5 of 1955 amphi employees has covid, .26%
27 out of 12,100 students have covid, .22%
Catalina Foothills
https://www.cfsd16.org/reopening-school/cfsd-covid-19-dashboard
8/24 - 8 out of 6108 catalina foothills staff and students have covid, .13%
8/31 - 12 out of 6108 catalina foothills staff and students have covid, .20%
Marana USD
https://www.maranausd.org/coviddashboard
8/24 - 173 of 14,332 of marana's student's and staff have covid; 1.3%173 of 14,332
8/31 - 60 of marana's students and staff have covid, .42%
Vail USD
https://vailschooldistrict.org/school-opening-and-covid-19-information/#1610490966433-ac3d7229-86aa
8/24 - vail usd has 37 students with covid and 6 staff with covid
8/31 - vail usd has 47 students with covid and 8 staff with covid (no mask mandate)
Flowing Wells
8/24 - 1 of 656 flowing wells staffers has covid, .15%
19 of 5633 students has covid, .34%
8/31 - 4 of 656 flowing wells staffers has covid, .61%
14 of 5633 students has covid, .25%
Sunnyside
https://susd12.org/districtwide-covid-cases
8/24 - sunnyside USD has 8 staffers with covid and 58 students with covid
8/31 - sunnyside USD has 3 staffers with covid and 73 students with covid
Tanque Verde
https://www.tanqueverdeschools.org/COVID-19Information.aspx
8/24 - 5 out of 2189 students has covid, .23%
8/31 - 6 out of 2189 students has covid, .27% (no mask mandate)