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Utah parents frustrated as COVID-19 cases rise in schools

With schools unable to create mask mandates, parents are left to navigate public health advice and sometimes conflicting messages from districts.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Cruz Sanchez, 6, talks with his mom Emily Clifford from a distance as they finish up dinner in the backyard on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, five days after Cruz was diagnosed with COVID-19. Asymptomatic, he has been quarantining as best he can while trying to maintain some normalcy with his family.