12 year old Merek Mastrov missed a total of three 30-minute zoom sessions in one month- an action that triggered a formal letter from the school threatening possible arrest for truancy.
The new California rules apply to private gatherings which the state defines as 'social situations that bring together people from different households at the same time in a single space or place.'
'In fact, the risk of dying of COVID for the young is hundreds of times less than dying of other things,' including the conditions caused by the policy response to the virus, they state.
‘Addiction is a disease of despair and there’s a lot more despair lately in terms of unemployment and the isolation,’ said the Franklin County coroner.
The heartbreaking demonstration in Colorado saw residents protest with signs reading 'Prisoners in our own home,' and 'Give us freedom,' as well as 'We want families back,' with one that read they would 'rather die from COVID than loneliness.'
The 32-year-old woman, who was self-isolating due to travel, locked herself in the bathroom, believing intruders were breaking in to abduct her and worse.