{"id":419320,"date":"2022-03-20T22:24:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T19:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/parents-rally-against-nyc-mask-mandates-for-kids-under-4\/"},"modified":"2022-03-20T22:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T19:24:11","slug":"parents-rally-against-nyc-mask-mandates-for-kids-under-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/parents-rally-against-nyc-mask-mandates-for-kids-under-4\/","title":{"rendered":"#Parents rally against NYC mask mandates for kids under 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f9cb5d049f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f9cb5d049f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/parents-rally-against-nyc-mask-mandates-for-kids-under-4\/#%E2%80%9CParents_rally_against_NYC_mask_mandates_for_kids_under_4%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Parents rally against NYC mask mandates for kids under 4&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CParents_rally_against_NYC_mask_mandates_for_kids_under_4%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Parents rally against NYC mask mandates for kids under 4&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>More than 100 parents and \u00a0their kids packed City Hall Park on Sunday to rally against Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 mask mandate for children ages 4 and younger \u00a0\u2014 demanding the city \u201cunmask our toddlers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protest was the just latest example of the vehement pushback from Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le parents who want City Hall to do away with the regulation on youngsters, given \u00a0local plummeting COVID-19 rates and high vaccination levels among the much more vulnerable older set.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201c[The mandate] is not following the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>. This is making a mockery of the science. This is playing us for fools,\u2019\u2019 said rally-goer Daniela Jampel, a 38-year-old mother of three, including a 4-year-old in public pre-K, from Washington Heights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York state recognizes the science. Everywhere else in New York state \u2014 10 miles away in Nassau County, 10 miles away in Westchester County \u2014 toddlers are allowed to take off their masks along with their older brothers and sisters,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n<p>But \u00a0\u201cour mayor and our new health commissioner tell us it\u2019s not safe for toddlers to take off their masks,\u201d Jampel told The Post at the rally.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Parents and children protesting New York City's mask mandate for children 4 years old and younger at City Hall on March 20, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21593831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Parents and children protesting New York City\u2019s mask mandate for children 4 years old and younger at City Hall on March 20, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Pot<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest5-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Washington Heights mom Daniela Jampel said the city's health officials are not &quot;following the science&quot; on masking for toddlers.\" class=\"wp-image-21593845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest5-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest5-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest5-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Washington Heights mom Daniela Jampel said the city\u2019s health officials are not \u201cfollowing the science\u201d on masking for toddlers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this month, Gov. Kathy Hochul rescinded mask mandates for everyone, although she left it up to the state\u2019s counties to continue to enforce the requirement if they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>New York City ended up lifting its school mask mandate a week later but \u00a0not for its youngest population, even though the \u00a0mortality rate for the group is the lowest of any age.<\/p>\n<p>Kids under age five \u00a0aren\u2019t \u00a0yet eligible for vaccines.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Children holding signs calling for the toddler mask mandate to be lifted.\" class=\"wp-image-21593855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest2-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Children holding signs calling for the toddler mask mandate to be lifted.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest10-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A child with a sign calling for toddlers to be unmasked.\" class=\"wp-image-21593866\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest10-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest10-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest10-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A child with a sign calling for toddlers to be unmasked.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Adams and his new health czar, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, only added fuel to the fire recently when they appeared to be at odds over how long the city\u2019s kiddie face-covering mandate would last.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s irate parents held aloft signs reading, \u201cMy kid, my choice,\u201d and \u201cFollow the science\u201d during the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Adams has already \u00a0lifted the city\u2019s Key2NYC vaccine mandate for restaurants and other indoor venues \u2014 a move that critics point to as inconsistent with the toddler mask mandate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest7-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mayor Eric Adams has defended the mandate since children under 5 years old aren't eligible for the vaccine.\" class=\"wp-image-21593887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest7-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest7-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest7-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams has defended the mandate since children under 5 years old aren\u2019t eligible for the vaccine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to statistics collected by the American Academy of Pediatrics, only between 0.1 percent and 1.5 percent of children who are infected with COVID-19 \u00a0have to be hospitalized \u2014 and 0.01 percent or \u00a0less die from contracting the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy do the kids who carry the least burden and the least amount of hospitalization in this country, in New York City, have to be masked, when the mayor just dropped the mandate for vaccinations at public restaurants, movie theaters, for elderly, unvaccinated, morbidly obese, cancer patients who are going to put a huge burden on the health system if they get COVID?\u201d argued Dr. Dyan Hes, a pediatrician and medical director at Gramercy Pediatrics, at Sunday\u2019s protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut these little children, who put the least burden on the health system and have the least risk, are still forced to mask?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Olson, 45, of Park Slope, Brooklyn, who has a 3-year-old son James, called on Adams to provide a timeline for when the tots can forgo masks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow long is this going to last? We want a timetable from the mayor on when this is going to end, and he hasn\u2019t given us any information that we know of,\u201d Olson said.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over the mask mandate comes as a new Omicron subvariant known as BA.2 has been surging \u2014 a less severe strain of the virus that is nonetheless more easily transmitted, medical experts contend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest6-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A mom holding a sign with her baby at the rally.\" class=\"wp-image-21593894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest6-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest6-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/mask-mandate-protest6-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A mom holding a sign with her baby at the rally.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kevin C. Downs for The New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Confronted by an irate parent earlier this month, Adams assured that the toddler mandate would not be around for long, telling the concerned dad that the children \u00a0would \u201cbe unmasked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got this. I\u2019ll take care of this,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cThey\u2019ll be unmasked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comment seemed to be at odds with statements made last week by Vasan, who said that the mask mandates for children should remain \u201cindefinitely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s indefinite at this point,\u201d Vasan said Friday. \u201cPeople who have tried to predict the future in this pandemic have had egg on their face, and I\u2019m not going to do that today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing his own toddler, the commissioner said he wants to keep Big Apple youngsters \u201cas safe as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love nothing more than to send my son to daycare without a mask,\u201d Vasan said. \u201cBut as scientist \u00a0and as a doctor and an epidemiologist, I want to keep him safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following Adams\u2019 statements to the contrary, a City Hall rep sought to \u201cclarify\u201d the seeming disagreement between the two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no difference in their positions on masks or vaccine mandates,\u201d spokeswoman Kate Smart said Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commissioner was explaining why children should remain masked currently, but they both look forward to lifting the mask requirements when it is safe to do so,\u201d Smart said, \u201cand we expect to share an update very soon.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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