Another embarrassing and nonsensical mask mandate in Philadelphia

Published May 24, 2022 8:27pm ET



Philadelphia just can’t seem to break away from mask mandates. One would have thought the city would have learned its lesson in overreaction after the embarrassment of imposing a four-day mask mandate in April. Yet, the Philadelphia School District thought otherwise and imposed another universal masking rule for staff and students. This latest mandate went into effect yesterday as a response to the city’s slowly rising COVID cases.

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