In Florida County Where 3 Teachers Died, School Board Member Pleads for Safeguards

THURSDAY, Aug. 19, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Like it or not, Broward County, Fla., has become a flashpoint for the national debate over reopening public schools in the middle of a COVID-19 surge driven by the highly infectious Delta variant.

Coronavirus infections claimed the lives of three Broward educators within 24 hours of each other, just as schools are set to reopen next week in the south Florida county.

The deaths occurred as the Broward County School Board has been pushing back against Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on mask mandates in schools.