13-Year Old Dies Of COVID Complications After Mississippi Governor Refused To Issue Mask Mandate For Schools

Essence Magazine:

By Brooklyn White ·August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

On August 14, 13-year-old Mkayla Robinson died of complications of COVID-19. She had recently began the eighth grade in a school district that made face masks optional.

Robinson tested positive for COVID-19 mere hours before she died.

She was described as “an outstanding band member and student,” in a report from the Smith County Reporter.

According to the Mississippi Free Press, classes began at Raleigh High

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