FLORIDA: Governor DeSantis Threatens Salaries of School Officials Who Enforce Mask Mandates
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This is what real leadership in a free society looks like.
Do masks reduce Covid transmission in children? Believe it or not, we could find only a single retrospective study on the question, and its results were inconclusive. Yet two weeks ago the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sternly decreed that 56 million U.S. children and adolescents, vaccinated or not, should cover their faces regardless of the prevalence of infection in their community. Authorities in many places took the cue to impose mandates in schools and elsewhere, on the theory that masks can’t do any harm.
That isn’t true. Some children are fine wearing a mask, but others struggle. Those who have myopia can have difficulty seeing because the mask fogs their glasses. (This has long been a problem for medical students in the operating room.) Masks can cause severe acne and other skin problems. The discomfort of a mask distracts some children from learning. By increasing airway resistance during exhalation, masks can lead to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood. And masks can be vectors for pathogens if they become moist or are used for too long.
In March, Ireland’s Department of Health announced that it won’t require masks in schools because they “may exacerbate anxiety or breathing difficulties for some students.” Some children compensate for such difficulties by breathing through their mouths. Chronic and prolonged mouth breathing can alter facial development. It is well-documented that children who mouth-breathe because adenoids block their nasal airways can develop a mouth deformity and elongated face.
The possible psychological harm of widespread masking is an even greater worry. Facial expressions are integral to human connection, particularly for young children, who are only learning how to signal fear, confusion and happiness. Covering a child’s face mutes these nonverbal forms of communication and can result in robotic and emotionless interactions, anxiety and depression. Seeing people speak is a building block of phonetic development. It is especially important for children with disabilities such as hearing impairment.
The adverse developmental effects of requiring masks for a few weeks are probably minor. We can’t say that with any confidence when the practice stretches on for months or years…………..
Florida Governor DeSantis threatens salaries of school officials who enforce mask mandates
Governor’s office says salaries of school officials who violate order prohibiting mask mandates could face ‘financial consequences.’
By: Israel National News, Aug 10 , 2021:
The office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday threatened that the salaries of school board members and superintendents could be withheld for violating the governor’s executive order prohibiting mask mandates.
In a statement to CBS4, the governor’s office said that school officials who force students to wear masks could be subject to “financial consequences.”
“With respect to enforcing any financial consequences for noncompliance of state law regarding these rules and ultimately the rights of parents to make decisions about their children’s education and health care decisions, it would be the goal of the State Board of Education to narrowly tailor any financial consequences to the offense committed. For example, the State Board of Education could move to withhold the salary of the district superintendent or school board members, as a narrowly tailored means to address the decision-makers who led to the violation of law.
“Education funding is intended to benefit students first and foremost, not systems,” the statement added. “The Governor’s priorities are protecting parents’ rights and ensuring that every student has access to a high-quality education that meets their unique needs.”
DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates in schools, signed on July 31, explains, among other reasons, that “forcing students to wear masks lacks a well-grounded scientific justification”; “masking children may lead to negative health and societal ramifications”; “children are at low risk of contracting a serious illness due to COVID-19 and do not play a significant role in the spread of the virus”; “forcing children to wear masks could inhibit breathing”; and “there is no statistically-significant evidence to suggest that countries with mask requirements have fared any better than those without mask requirements during the 2020-2021 school year.”
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