The number of COVID-19 cases in the county was rising sharply, Scott Levy, chief medical officer in one of Bucks County’s hospitals, tried to tell the crowd at the Aug. 31 meeting of the Central Bucks School Board amid a debate over school mask mandates. “We’ve gone from 10 cases a week diagnosed at Doylestown Hospital first week of July,” he began. The crowd howled. ... “to 100, 100 cases a week,“ he continued. “Children could transmit to adults, and the adults ....” Levy never was able to finish his statement over the crowd’s hearty disapproval. The person who spoke before him, Kayla Ottey, ...
