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In August 2021, Schmitt sued local school districts in Missouri after they implemented [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|mask mandates]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021|title=Missouri attorney general sues to block mask mandates issued by public school districts|work=Kansas City Star|url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/coronavirus/article253706758.html}}</ref> In September 2021, he sued [[Jackson County, Missouri]], for enforcing an order that required restaurants to comply with a mask mandate.<ref>[https://www.kcur.org/news/2021-09-23/blue-springs-restaurant-that-defied-county-mask-mandate-loses-bid-to-stay-open Blue Springs Restaurant That Defied County Mask Mandate Loses Bid To Stay Open], ''[[KCUR]]'', Dan Margolies, September 23, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2021.</ref> In November 2021, the Missouri Department of Health concluded a study that found that mask mandates in Missouri reduced COVID-19 infections and deaths.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 1, 2021|title=Missouri health department found mask mandates work, but didn't make findings public|url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/coronavirus/2021-12-01/missouri-health-department-found-mask-mandates-work-but-didnt-make-findings-public|access-date=December 2, 2021|website=STLPR|language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2021, Schmitt led a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its [[COVID-19 vaccine]] requirements for health care workers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bacharier|first=Galen|title=U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments from Missouri on vaccine mandates for health care workers|url=https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/07/supreme-court-vaccine-mandate-2022-arguments-missouri-health-care-cms/9129863002/|access-date=January 8, 2022|website=Springfield News-Leader|language=en-US|date=January 7, 2022}}</ref>
 
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