EASING OF MASK MANDATES
NAME: ALEXA WEISSBERG
DATE: 2/27/22
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ANCHOR CAM 1 IT’S BEEN NEARLY TWO YEARS
SINCE THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
CHANGED THE WORLD.
RECENTLY FORTY-NINE STATES
HAVE ANNOUNCED PLANS TO
DROP THEIR INDOOR MASK
MANDATES AS COVID-19 CASES
STEADILY DECREASE ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
REPORTER ALEXA WEISSBERG
HAS TRAVELED TO PENN STATE’S
UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS TO
SEE HOW STUDENTS AND
EMPLOYEES FEEL ABOUT THE
ONGOING MANDATE AND
POSSIBLE RELIEF IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
OUTCUE: REPORTING FROM
CENTRE COUNTY, I’M ALEXA
WEISSBERG.
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THESE UNDERGRADUATE
WS group of people walking in STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY PARK,
HUB ARE AMONG MANY THOUSANDS OF
COLLEGE STUDENTS NATIONWIDE,
WS people walking near Old
Main AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN
EVERY WALK OF LIFE, MANDATED
MS students walking on sidewalk TO WEAR MASKS AT ALL TIMES
INDOORS.
CU. Penn State Emblem
(Soundbite of students talking outside)
MS people walking in HUB
hallway
IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR NEARLY
WS people sitting on HUB stairs TWO YEARS NOW SINCE THE
PANDEMIC BEGAN.
CU people sitting on HUB stairs
BUT THESE MASKS MAY SOON BE
A THING OF THE PAST.
A DECISION TO STOP MASKING
REQRUIEMENTS IN MANY INDOOR
SETTINGS INCLUDING ALL PENN
STATE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE
COMMONWEALTH, COMES
DESPITE CONTINUED PUSH BACK
CG: Alexa Weissberg reporting FROM THE CENTER OF DISEASE
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FEDERAL AGENCY IS STILL
EASING OF MASK HOLDING ONTO ITS
MANDATES
RECOMMENDATION. THAT MASKS
DATE: 2/27/22
STORY FORM: PACKAGE BE WORN IN AREAS OF
SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH
STANDUP TRANSMISSION, INCLUDING
EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS,
MS students walking past old REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION
main STATUS.
(Soundbite of traffic downtown)
SOUNDBITE
CU. Two female students talking NO ONE LIKES TO WEAR THEM…
with masks on BUT PEOPLE WE’VE BEEN TALKING
WITH SAY IT WILL BE A GREAT
WS. Students walking in hub
hallway above stairs RELIEF TO GO MASKLESS,,
MS. Group of students walking in “I don’t think its very effective if I am
HUB lobby
going to be honest. Especially when you
CU. Student wearing surgical mask are outside, like you’ll see kids walking
around..Inside the HUB and public
WS. Aerial shot of HUB filled with
areas like that, theres only so many
students
ways you can enforce it given that theres
STANDUP OF REPORTER not enough staff to do that.”
CU. Student walking to stairs
WHETHER TO MANDATE MASK-
CU. Students walking with masks on WEARING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
UP TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD
Soundbite of traffic downtown
OFFICIALS MEANWHILE, THE
CU. Students walking on street DEBATE HAS RAGED ON IN MANY
maskless PLACES OVER THE REAL
EFFECTIVENESS MASKS. ARE THEY
MS. Students with masks walking
near seats and couches RESTRICTING OUR FREEDOM OR
ARE THEY JUST MAKING PEOPLE
FEEL AS IF THEY ARE HELPING.
“ It’s better that we wear a mask a
CU. Student wearing mask
month too long than we take it off too
soon… I think in particularly this
MS. Students walking on campus
timing is.. people are going to be coming
back from spring break and its going to
be spread in many locations, maybe
relaxing some of the practices they have
CG: Moises Hernandez
done safely for awhile.”
SOT #1
FOR MANY A MASKLESS FUTURE
APPEARS BRIGHTER. REPORTING
FROM CENTRE COUNTY, I’M
ALEXA WEISSBERG.
CU. Students eating in HUB
CU. Structure near Old main
MS. People walking downtown
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SOT #2:
MS. Cars driving Downtown
STANDUP
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CU. Series of closer shots of
masked students in HUB
CU. Students outside on HUB lawn
with no masks on
CU. Students in restaurants
without masks on
MS. People with masks on in
classroom setting
CU. Students walking in the hall
with masks on
CU. One student with mask
MS. People walking on the street
without masks on
SOT #3
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