{"id":5446,"date":"2023-09-14T12:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5446"},"modified":"2023-09-14T12:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T17:40:35","slug":"mask-mandates-return-to-schools-all-over-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=5446","title":{"rendered":"Mask Mandates Return To Schools All Over America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schools all over the United States are reportedly bringing back mask mandates as COVID-19 continues to make a comeback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A DC area elementary school \u2014 Montgomery County, Maryland \u2014 is reinstating a mask mandate \u2014 N95\u2019s \u2014 for third graders over a few kids testing positive for covid. Here\u2019s the letter. They\u2019re coming with masks for your kids again. Get ready. Read this insanity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LZs4N19XLL\">pic.twitter.com\/LZs4N19XLL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1699121666981298286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Schools Bring Back Mask Mandates<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12486965\/Reinstate-MASKING-Covid-schools-Alabama-LA.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>&nbsp;reported that Kinterbish Junior High School in Alabama is demanding that all&nbsp;students, staff and visitors wear facemarks indoors \u201cdue to the slow rise of Covid cases in the area\u201d since late last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alabama\u2019s Talladega City School is urging students, staffers, and visitors to wear masks, though it\u2019s saying that they are \u201cencouraged but not required.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile in Maryland, Rosemary Hills Elementary School is being hit with backlash after forcing students to wear tightly-fitted N95 masks for 10 days over a few children testing positive for COVID-19. Rosemary Hills Elementary School principal Rebecca Irwin Kennedy said in a letter to parents that she made this move after \u201cthree or more individuals\u201d caught the virus in the last ten days, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-12486965\/Reinstate-MASKING-Covid-schools-Alabama-LA.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added that N95 masks were necessary to \u201ckeep our school environment as safe as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf at any time during the next 10 days your child develops COVID-19-like symptoms such as fever, cough, loss of taste or smell, or other COVID-19 indicators, they should stay home from school and be tested,\u201d Kennedy wrote. \u201cConsider contacting a healthcare provider if symptoms are severe or not improving, or your child is at higher risk of complications due to COVID-19 infection.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DO NOT COMPLY!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/POMzCDxKvr\">https:\/\/t.co\/POMzCDxKvr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1699166399699022078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>New York And Los Angeles Follow Suit&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York health officials are distributing free masks to schools across the state, with Governor Kathy Hochul announcing on Tuesday that an outreach survey will be sent to districts in the state asking if they need supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schools in Los Angeles are encouraging face masks as well. The Los Angeles Unified School District, however, is taking a more relaxed approach, with superintendent Alberto Carvalho urging students to come to school even if they are sick in an attempt to fight high rates of absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re back at a point \u2014 based on high levels of vaccination, therapeutics available and children\u2019s higher resiliency than most \u2014 where if a child is mildly sick \u2014 no fever, just maybe the sniffles \u2014 it is OK for them to go to school,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are ways of mitigating against that: some good meds, a mask and monitoring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COVID Tyrants want to take away our Freedom. <br><br>Hear my words\u2014 WE WILL NOT COMPLY. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kql1YaxuO0\">pic.twitter.com\/Kql1YaxuO0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/1696931890555429249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expert Slams Mask Mandates\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts have been warning that mask mandates are actually not a good idea.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/major-movie-studio-reinstates-mask-mandates-effective-immediately\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>&nbsp;contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier recently explained that \u201cthe reason you have an uptick in cases right now is not because you did something wrong, it\u2019s because for the last several years, we\u2019ve seen an uptick in cases in the winter, and we also see one in the end of summer. This is just a normal cycle of this respiratory virus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnyone who is immunocompromised, or if you work with people who are immunocompromised, those are the people in appropriate settings [that] should consider wearing a high quality mask, like an N-95, not a single layer of cloth or surgical mask,\u201d she continued. \u201cThose don\u2019t actually work as we\u2019ve seen by many, many studies. But to actually say, you know, to wear masks again in the house and just being in public spaces, we have to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One can\u2019t help but think that it\u2019s awfully convenient that COVID-19 and mask mandates are making a comeback as we head into another election year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/mask-mandates-return-to-schools-all-over-america\/\">https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/mask-mandates-return-to-schools-all-over-america\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools all over the United States are reportedly bringing back mask mandates as COVID-19 continues to make a comeback. Schools Bring Back Mask Mandates Daily Mail&nbsp;reported that Kinterbish Junior High School in Alabama is demanding that all&nbsp;students, staff and visitors wear facemarks indoors \u201cdue to the slow rise of Covid cases in the area\u201d since late last month. Alabama\u2019s Talladega City School is urging students, staffers, and visitors to wear masks, though it\u2019s saying that they are \u201cencouraged but not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5447,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions\/5447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}