Utah is offering more protective masks to young students. Here’s why doctors say it’s no replacement for a mandate.

Upgrading the masks that elementary schools provide is “a great step” but not enough, one expert says.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox, center, wears a KN95 mask during a coronavirus briefing at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Similar masks will be distributed to Utah elementary students as the school year gets underway.

Utah is offering more protective masks to young students. Here’s why doctors say it’s no replacement for a mandate.

Upgrading the masks that elementary schools provide is “a great step” but not enough, one expert says.

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