The CDC announced that as of February 25, 2022, indoor masking is no longer required in communities where hospitals aren’t highly strained -- which means that there are adequate hospital beds for COVID 19 patients.  All members, including children, can stop wearing masks indoors in low and medium risk counties. A majority of counties in Maine remain high risk, so these updated guidelines do not yet apply.  Families have been seeking guidance about having their children continue to mask in school. Here are my thoughts…