A federal judge in Virginia on March 23 sided with the families of immunocompromised children who had asked that the schools their children attend require face masks to be worn. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit are the parents of twelve children who suffer from disabilities that they say would put them at significant health risk if they were to contract COVID-19. These disabilities and illnesses include cancer, cystic fibrosis, moderate to severe asthma, chronic lung disease, Down syndrome, and weakened immune systems. One of the children has had two kidney transplants, while another has had twelve surgeries in his right lung, which is half the size of his left lung. All of the children have been vaccinated against COVID-19 “to the extent eligible,” plaintiffs said. The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed the lawsuit on behalf of the families against Virginia and state officials in February after Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, signed a law that gives parents the right to decide whether or …