Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried smiles as she takes off her mask before speaking at a Wednesday news conference announcing the eradication of the giant African land snails in Florida at Douglas Park in Miami. On Thursday, she released information she compiled using publicly available information about masks in schools, data she says that Gov. Ron DeSantis does not share showing that mask mandates in schools work to keep the COVID case count down. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) (Wilfredo Lee/AP)