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Most Californians Back School Mask, Vaccine Requirements
- Poll shows deep divergence of views based on political beliefs
- UC Berkeley, LA Times conducted survey of nearly 9,000 voters
Students walk to their classrooms at a public middle school in Los Angeles.
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Most California voters support mandated Covid-19 vaccinations and masking for students and teachers at K-12 schools, according to a new survey by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies.
About two-thirds of the roughly 9,000 respondents said they wanted the precautions to contain the virus, according to the poll, which was co-sponsored and published by the Los Angeles Times on Thursday. The views diverged according to political affiliation: While about 85% of Democrats backed vaccine mandates for schools about 70% of Republicans opposed them.