Protesters call for state-wide mask mandate

WEEK AWAY FOR SOMEDISTRICTS.EDUCATORS HAVESEVERAL CONCERNSABOUT RETURNING.3 NEWS NOW REPORTERDANIELLE DAVIS JOINSUS LIVE WITH MOREABOUT WHAT THEY CALLTHEIR FIGHT FOR A SAFERETURN TO SCHOOL.DANI...COURTNEY TEACHERS,EDUCATORS, PARENTSAND EDUCATIONSUPPORTERS TOOKTHEIR FIGHT TO THESTREETS ...DEMANDING A MASKMANDATE FOR THEENTIRE METRO AREA."NATS - WHAT DOWE WANT?

MASKMANDATE!

WHENDO WE WANT IT?NOW!"HUNDREDS LINED THESTREETS OF MEMORIALPARK AND THE DODGESTREET BRIDGE.EDUCATORS AND THEIRSUPPORTERS, PUTTINGDOWN PENCILS ANDPICKING UP PROTESTSIGNS....JENNY SYNOWIECKI,MASK MANDATESUPPORTER"WITH INCREASEDCOVID CASES ANDTESTING JUSTDOESN'T SEEM TOBE VERY EFFICIENTIN NEBRASKA, JUSTWORRIED IF WE CANTRACE IT ANDCONTROL IT."MORE THAN A DOZENSCHOOL DISTRICTS ANDEDUCATORS FROM ALLACROSS THE METROAREA ARE STANDING INSOLIDARITY , CALLINGFOR A STATE-WIDE MASKMANDATE.KIM WHEELER, MASKMANDATE SUPPORTER "I JUST HOPE THATWE CAN DOANYTHING POSSIBLETO PROTECT OURSTUDENTS ANDTEACHERS, RIGHTNOW THERE IS SOMUCH UNKNOWN,TEST CASES KEEPGOING UP AND IFTHIS CAN PROTECTJUST ONE STUDENTOR TEACHER THENITS WORTH IT."SCHOOLS ARE A MAJORCONCERN BUT THEY AREALSO ASKING FORCONSISTENCY INSCHOOL DISTRICTS,CITIES AND COUNTIES.MAKING THEIR MARKWITH SIGNS LIKE, IWOULD DIE FOR MYSTUDENT BUT ISHOULDN'T HAVE TO."JENNY SYNOWIECKI,MASK MANDATESUPPORTER"WE DON'T REALLYKNOW SPECIFICSABOUT COVID 19,THEY ARE STILLDOING STUDIES, WEDON'T KNOW LONGTERM EFFECTS, STILLFIGURING OUTSHORT TERMEFFECTS, A LOT OFTHE UNKNOWN ISTHE WORRY HERE."ASKING ALL TOREMEMBER, TEACHERSCAN'T BE REPLACED.THEY SAY THEIR NEXTSTEPS MAY BE TO TAKETHEIR FIGHT DIRECTLYTO THE GOVERNORSOFFICE.THIS IS DANIELLE DAVIS, 3NEWS NOW, THISMORNING.COURTNEYNEBRASKA GOVERNOR