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Here’s why Utah’s COVID-19 testing in schools went from national model to abandoned failure

Changes by Utah lawmakers and in how residents responded to the virus weakened Test to Stay before the powerful omicron variant hit.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) School nurse Karen Thelin tests a student for COVID-19 at American Preparatory Academy in Draper on Sept. 14, 2021. American Preparatory Academy schools requested 9,040 tests from the Utah Department of Health for voluntary testing, to prevent the spread of the virus.