Washington Free Beacon By Josh ChristensonÂ
‘Masking our children like they are dogs wearing muzzles’
Hundreds of New York City parents are fed up with the city’s toddler mask mandate and demanding an audience with Democratic mayor Eric Adams, according to the New York Post.
“We want to know why our young children continue to be masked even as every other resident of this city is given the option to unmask, regardless of vaccination status,” the parents said in a letter to Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan. They also said their “hundreds of phone calls and emails, and our direct requests for meetings, have gone unanswered.” Only students under the age of five are still masking in city school and childcare facilities. All other students have been maskless indoors since March.
Facing pressure from teachers’ unions, Democratic mayors during the pandemic have levied inconsistent mask mandates, often keeping students in school masked longer than in other indoor environments. Boston Public Schools in May chose to keep its in-school mask mandate even after dropping all other mandates two months ago. Most have said their administrations are following “the science.”
Children are at very low risk of severe illness or death from COVID-19. In-school transmission is also “extremely rare,” according to a 2021 study by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
