The California mask protests this month are letting us know that the kids are alright. It’s also letting us know that the mask mandates are pretty much over.
Even the former head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb is joining this chorus. Gottlieb took to CNBC to voice his opinion:
Gottlieb said the U.S. shouldn’t wait until what the CDC considers low prevalence in a community — less than 10 cases per 100,000 people per day — to end masking students, teachers, staff and school visitors.
“If we hold out, again, if we wait for 10 cases per 100,000 per day in most communities, we’re probably going to be waiting until the summer; we’re going to lose the opportunity this spring to try to return some sense of normalcy in the schools,” he added, arguing a more appropriate threshold could be 20 cases per 100,000 people per day.
Gottlieb said the CDC’s guidance is “a pretty high threshold in the age of omicron,” adding that agency testing conducted right before the omicron wave showed that 90% of Americans have antibodies against Covid either through a vaccine or infection, or both.
But after Governor Hair Gel showed us his hindparts on Sunday, along with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, and San Francisco Mayor London Breed, who shucked, jived, and posed for pictures at the NFC Championship game without masks, it wasn’t just California parents and advocacy groups protesting their hypocrisy; now, the kids are making their voices heard.
“I’m not going to wear a mask if Governor Newsom isn’t going to. I’m following his example” the message Steel Canyon HS student Madyson had for school admin as security removed her from classroom.
She wants an education + that’s more important than a ballgame. #letthembreathe pic.twitter.com/bw3E78cMB7
— LET THEM BREATHE (@letthem_breathe) February 1, 2022
Where’s that uproarious cheer GIF when you need it? This girl deserves a medal. As RedState pointed out, Newsom wears the mask when it’s convenient for him or he wants to score PR points, and then doesn’t when it no longer suits him. Instead of owning this, he tap dances, lies, then tries to distract from the focus on his hypocrisy.
The kids are saying: Not today, and they are not the one.
In the heart of Branch Covidian land in Los Angeles County, William chose to stand up against the mask mandate at his school, and got suspended for his protest.
William was suspended from Wilson HS in Long Beach today for unmasking in class. We are supporting him and his right to in person education.
Gov Newsom and Mayor Garcetti set the example and our kids are following #noemergency #letthembreathe #unmaskourchildren pic.twitter.com/AXCdTnX1bL
— LET THEM BREATHE (@letthem_breathe) February 1, 2022
In Oakdale, Calif., in Stanislaus County, a coordinated “Mask Off” helped disrupt an entire school district.
Approx count of unmasked students per site in Oakdale Unified
Oakdale high school 200
Oakdale junior high 150
Sierra View Elementary 20
Cloverland Elementary 20
Fair Oaks Elementary 30
Magnolia Elementary 20They’re threatened with not graduating + not being able to play sports pic.twitter.com/sLXxKFdPqz
— LET THEM BREATHE (@letthem_breathe) February 3, 2022
From the local Oakdale Leader:
An estimated 200 students throughout the Oakdale Joint Unified School District went to class Wednesday, Feb. 2 without masks.
Part of a coordinated “Let Them Breathe” effort put forth by parents, the students taking part were at all grade levels and in nearly every school in the district. OJUSD Superintendent Dr. David Kline said he believed that the only campus not impacted was East Stanislaus.
“Learning was disrupted, absolutely,” Kline said of the event.
For children that suffer from anxiety, breathing issues, or other health challenges that the mask only exacerbates, their learning is always disrupted. But do go off.
For those students that came to class without the masks – currently mandated in California schools – Kline said teachers offered them a mask or, if possible, the alternative of a face shield. Students that chose not to wear any type of face covering were removed from class.
Initially sent to the office, parents were informed of the students being taken out of class, Kline explained, and then all students involved were moved.
“They went to the cafeteria, or the gym, an alternative setting,” Kline said.
But, with the diversity of grade levels, there really was no way to provide for a full instructional day in those alternative settings. Those students that had access to their Chromebooks could do some work, but there was no formal instruction for the masked students on Wednesday.
“Instruction is crucial and they weren’t able to do that,” the superintendent said.
Thankfully, it’s not just in California. Washington State is chasing those COVID and American Rescue Plan education dollars too, and forcing children to be masked. I pray this young man is planning to enter the military, because we desperately need this general material in our armed forces.
May these young people continue to stay strong, especially with crazed and indoctrinated administrators who wish to label these children a “clear and present danger” simply because they wish to breathe.
EXCLUSIVE coming tomorrow at @RedState. 9-yr-old Kamdin Hernandez was 1st forced to do "independent study" ALONE on campus for peacefully refusing to wear a mask b/c doing so causes anxiety/panic+aggravates ADD. When being bullied by teachers and students he emailed his mom 🧵 pic.twitter.com/o6bewzNEWj
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) February 1, 2022
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