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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.