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Cities, Counties Are Freeing Youth Due to COVID-19, While States Still Slow to Respond
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As the coronavirus began spreading in the United States, and grassroots youth activists got wind of the enormous risks as well as the precautions needed to protect people — social distancing, masks, frequent cleansing — they began to take action.