Morning Reads for Tuesday, July 28

Good morning! Here’s your periodic reminder that while you should wear a mask, you should not wear the kind of mask that has valves (unless you are alone, working in your dusty attic or cleaning a chicken house). They are so useless against preventing the spread of COVID-19 that even Disney has banned them. Anyway: wear a mask. They work.

• An in-depth look at the discussions and debates about returning to the classroom at Jefferson High School in Jackson County.
• There won’t be a mask mandate in Macon-Bibb.
• You may have seen a video on Facebook (or elsewhere) about doctors whose opinion on COVID-19 may differ from what you’ve heard elsewhere. Here’s the deal with those doctors.
• “Wake up, people!” Emory docs are extremely concerned with the current COVID-19 trajectory.
• Promising news for the next phase of the vaccine study!
• Agnes Scott College, whose President was hospitalized with COVID-19 late last week, announced a virtual start to the fall semester.
• Truly the end of an era for vintage Atlanta.
• The 2020 Booker Prize Longlist is out!