Report From the School Mask Mandate Battlefield
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16 responses to “Report From the School Mask Mandate Battlefield”
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Indeed , Scott Gotllieb, who used to be a favorite of the “skeptics” :
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Schools should wait to lift mask mandates, Gottlieb saysFormer US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said on CBS Face the Nation on Sunday it’s too soon and “imprudent” for schools to lift mask mandates right now while there are high numbers of coronavirus cases.
Gottlieb said some schools can’t implement social distancing or testing and may need to rely on masks as their only tool to prevent the virus from spreading.
“So to withdraw it right at the peak of the epidemic, I think is imprudent. We should wait. I think within two weeks we’ll be able to make that decision,” Gottlieb said.”
I think we can safely say that Mr. Gottlieb IS a creditable scientist wrthy of listening to , including Gov. Youngkin.
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You accept his advice when you agree with it. Please. You are so predictable.
There is what he said on CNBC this morning and it also shows plenty of his past appearances. My bet you disagree with him on at least half of those because they don’t fit your narrative. His message today was the masks mandates should be lifted “soon.” You agree with soon?
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You accept his advice when you agree with it. Please. You are so predictable.
There is what he said on CNBC this morning and it also shows plenty of his past appearances. My bet you disagree with him on at least half of those because they don’t fit your narrative. His message today was the masks mandates should be lifted “soon.” You agree with soon?
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I’ve pretty much always accepted his advice, and even more so when it is consistent with other scientists.
Unlike some folks who seem to hop from one guy to the next depending…. and often the one guy is a lone voice or aligned with other naysayers.
When Gottlieb is agreeing with the CDC and a slew of other credible scientists – it’s not just Gottlieb that I’m listening to.
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Oddly enough Dick, everyone I know with and without kids is get rid of it.
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Youngkin should have spoken to those loud voices yelling at the teachers and principals before issuing the order. A little late now that the horse is out of the barn. Perhaps he should look into a compromise modeled after Virginia Beach.
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That was “merely anecdotal.”
And wasn’t it just the whiners who got rid of statues?
I think it is damning that the kids accept it.
I almost respect the dirty hippie Viet Nam war protesters in comparison.
They don’t work. It is theater. It is religion for Leftists, like Bob Mueller and Tony Fauci prayer candles…praying to the God of SCIENCE!, instead of objective reason dispassionately measured and observed. Psychological and health damage done for no good reason, far outweighing benefit, if any.
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I have two elementary age children and we can’t stand masks.
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I have grandchildren who are 13,11,10 and 9. Their parents have very different views ……two are fully Vaz’ed ( including being in a study to get it early) and not. They live in another State. Two wear masks everywhere and two changed schools to where masked are optional. In other words parental choice. I love them dearly and I respect their parents enough to respect their decisions ……..it would be nice if they had that option in Virginia.
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Based on what I hear through or about our grandchildren, I agree not that many kids are upset about the masks. But I return to the other point, that mostly they are wearing loose, cloth or surgical masks. Strap ’em all into fitted KN95s with the headbands and I predict more objections.
Youngkin was on WRVA this morning basically counseling patience and not confrontation, awaiting a court ruling. “Cool the jets” seemed to be the message. He left and show host John Reid proceeded to fire up the crowd again, encouraging (polite) confrontation and defiance to any local mandate.
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When Youngkin CHOOSES to go on that program KNOWING how that program is already about the issue – it’s not exactly a “cool the jets” thing IMHO.
“Polite confrontation and defiance” – yes indeed.
alright now, ya’ll behave… at least until I leave…
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The kids of my friend were wearing the NK95 masks and have been wearing that kind all year.
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Not at all sure that a court ruling will settle anything as I doubt that the court will force a school district to remove its mask mandate when it is recommended by the local health director. More likely to require some type of “opt out” policy with a compromise as is being done in Virginia Beach Public Schools.
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An “opt out” approach is not a mandate. It would compromise the effort to protect students and staff.
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I have three kids in Albemarle County schools. Our school board and superintendent decided to keep the mandate, without input from any parents or students. Not only that,but we were sent an email saying if our children cannot keep a mask on then parents will be called to pick them up from school.
My kids care. They would like nothing better than to ditch the masks. However, they have been dealing with some pretty spiteful and vicious teachers for a while now. They are in high school and have worked too hard to have a woke teacher take their frustrations out on their grades that they worked so hard their whole lives for, especially when they are so close to graduation. So they comply, they do the work, they take the tests, and they say what they think the teachers want to hear. Yes, they hate school, but not for the same reasons we did when we were young. They hate it because teachers can impose their opinions on them and they know they have to bite their lip or suffer the consequences. This is not their fight. It is ours. We should not ask them to sacrifice. They are not pawns. They understand what is going on but it isn’t a level playing field. -
“He said that a group of about seven families got together over Halloween to take their kids trick or treating, about 15-16 kids in all. None complained about wearing a mask.”
Well I suppose it must have been pretty natural for them by now . .
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