Judge Rules against DeSantis EO on Masks in Schools
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The problem is that we are talking about "kids" that range from 4-18 in terms of school age. Explaining personal responsibility to a 16 year old may resonate; it won't matter with a 4-6 year old. I have to tell my 4 year old that wearing a mask is kinda like being a superhero to get him on board. Other kids clearly are not judging by the way they wear them.
There is a reason why we have DUI laws in every state.
Same with seat belt laws.
We make annual flu shots available to folks.
We've got asthma inhalers, prednisone, and other medications for allergies.
AND, guess what? Covid-19 vaccines to minimize one's chances of hospitalization or death from the disease.
Life can be dangerous. Fortunately we live in a day and age where modern medicine can dramatically minimize the risks....for smart people.
Until we get to zero covid, flu, rsv, and pneumonia deaths its pretty irresponsible to not use all of the tools at our disposal to end this crap. Kids should NOT be allowed to be around anyone that can make them sick, nor be around anyone that they can infect.
That's the mistake. Masks should be required everywhere, 24/7. Life is too dangerous to not take extreme precautions.
Removing the source in this case means getting the adults who remain unvaccinated vaccinated.
If that happened, the need for vaccine boosters would dramatically decrease. But I'm guessing this take will bring us another round of bullsh!t about the ineffectiveness of covid vaccines and masks.
The sheer stupidity of the logic on display in this post is awesome to behold.
It's like a policeman walking into a riot zone and refusing to go in wearing a bulletproof vest because "it's not 100% effective."
I think I've gotten to the point where I'm OK with millions and millions of people dying.
People that ingest horse paste should die. People that take experimental vaccines should die. Kids that don't wear masks should die. People that mutilate their genitals should die. People that get into gangs and do drive-by shootings should die.
We won't be able to save our civilization until we let stupid people that make stupid decisions die.
That's fair and I don't like the mandates on kids that young.
I do think they're pretty adaptable though. By 1st or 2nd grade it's definitely something you can explain to them as being part of the solution, doing their part, etc. There are certainly going to be kids with emotional issues, anxiety, sensory issues, etc that make masking complex and stressful. I feel for those parents and I hope the medical opt outs can grant them the relief.
But I view it like vaccination. If the 95% of kids who can wear masks do so, that provides benefit to everyone including the 5% (or whatever) with legitimate issues.
The Chinese proved that they are the fittest, so they deserve to survive. Americans are dumb so most of them deserve to die. We are lazy, fat, unhealthy, and have no survival instincts. We expect someone else to save us from our stupidity. I'll be glad to see the people that took experimental drugs dying by the millions if it comes to that.
If you actually want to discuss the nuances let me know. I'll happily admit that it's not cut and dry on masking - particularly with kids. So you have to make decisions/recommendations with incomplete information in context of the entire community - not just kids.
But yes, there are indoor mask requirements all over the place. I'm not aware of a single large employer or a single private school in the entire county that doesn't have an indoor mask requirement. Randy Fine is all over this here in Brevard. Of course his kids go to a private school that has a mask mandate.
I think it is because the locked anybody that was sick in their houses and let them die. After that, they said that only 500 or so died
You’re right although there is a bit more to it. Airplanes have circulation systems designed to keep air flowing. Schools do not and it’s even worse when you put up plastic barriers that inhibit the flow of air that is already there.
Good point. So in conclusion, it apparently ISN'T totally insane to require kids to wear masks in school.
Except in airports and airplanes where travelers are packed next to each other in confined spaces....um, you know, like classrooms.
There is no reasoning with these people. Get your kids into a school that doesn't require masks and let the rest of society kill their children via oxygen deprivation. That's what the left wants, so give it to them.
Congratulations. A hell of a way to go about it if you ask me. You sure seem awfully cavalier about it. Thank Goodness your son's covid bug didn't take a bad turn.
Noooooooooooooooo...really dude?
Let's hope so since he was at a kid's indoor house part and a neighborhood friend's house maskless.
Let me put it to you this way ...
If ... you're arguing for kids to wear masks because of the SARS-CoV-2 b.1.617.2 (Delta) risk and even 'Long Covid' ...
Then you're actually arguing for eternal masking since Pneumonia already kills kids 3x as much, and 'Long Pneumonia' is almost an order of magnitude more common among kids, than SARS-CoV-2.
But, I'm sorry, I guess '1 is too many.' So why do public schools exist at all then?!
We always over-emphasize new risks that we aren't used to yet and undervalue risks that we're used to. That's human psychology and it isn't changing.
No, this is literally STATISTICAL REALITY the last 18 months!
It's from the CDC itself!
I'm tired of the mass media and resulting mob turning off their brains.
It's not hard to actually look at numbers.
What I'm saying is that "statistical reality" and how humans perceive risk are two different things. Driving in a car instead of flying in a plane because you're scared of air travel is not rational statistically. But psychologically, it's completely rational to be more comfortable with risks you are used to than risks you have no experience with.
In other words, don't be surprised if a sky diver is scared to death of mice. It has nothing to do with statistical reality.
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Actually that's pathetically low and only show cases how little they protect you the wearer.
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Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19
A study involving more than 340,000 people in Bangladesh offers some of the strongest real-world evidence yet that mask use can help communities slow Covid-19.
