{"id":427235,"date":"2022-04-06T05:26:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T02:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mayor-adams-ignores-science-and-extends-school-mask-mandates\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T05:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T02:26:27","slug":"mayor-adams-ignores-science-and-extends-school-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mayor-adams-ignores-science-and-extends-school-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mayor Adams ignores science and extends school mask mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 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-6a2400be7593c\" 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-6a2400be7593c\" 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\/mayor-adams-ignores-science-and-extends-school-mask-mandates\/#%E2%80%9CMayor_Adams_ignores_science_and_extends_school_mask_mandates%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Mayor Adams ignores science and extends school mask mandates&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMayor_Adams_ignores_science_and_extends_school_mask_mandates%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Mayor Adams ignores science and extends school mask mandates&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mayor Adams and his new health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, have decided to extend the city\u2019s school mask mandate for children under 5. This makes no scientific sense and perpetuates the harms of masking preschoolers.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vasan continues to recommend masks \u201cfor most of us\u201d and thinks they\u2019re necessary for children under 5, because this age group is not eligible for vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Adams hasn\u2019t reinstated the suspended mask requirements for schoolkids 5 and older, despite the fact only 28% of kids 5-11 and 58% of kids 12-17 are vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>The 0-4 age group is at minimal risk. It is 6% of the nation\u2019s population but just 0.05% of COVID deaths. New York City\u2019s cases and hospitalizations per 100,000 population for ages 0-4 have been among the lowest for any age group and at vanishingly low levels for weeks.<br \/>Keeping the mandate is inconsistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s new metrics to guide COVID prevention measures. They measure COVID hospitalizations, the share of hospital beds occupied by patients admitted for the disease, and COVID cases to determine low, medium and high \u201ccommunity levels\u201d of disease. Indoor masks are not recommended, even in schools, in low and medium counties.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mask-mandate-protest-at-City-Hall-Park.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mask mandate protest\" class=\"wp-image-21795796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mask-mandate-protest-at-City-Hall-Park.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mask-mandate-protest-at-City-Hall-Park.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mask-mandate-protest-at-City-Hall-Park.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/Mask-mandate-protest-at-City-Hall-Park.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Protestors demonstrating against mask mandates for toddlers gather near City Hall on Monday, April 4, 2022 in New York, N.Y.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/12875354e-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-21795792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/12875354e-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/12875354e-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/12875354e-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/12875354e-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mayor Eric Adams hasn\u2019t reinstated the suspended mask requirements for children five and older.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Pacific Press\/Shutterstock\/Lev Radin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/033022Dr_Ashwin_Vasan2GSB.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ashwin_Vasan\" class=\"wp-image-21795856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/033022Dr_Ashwin_Vasan2GSB.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/033022Dr_Ashwin_Vasan2GSB.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/033022Dr_Ashwin_Vasan2GSB.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/033022Dr_Ashwin_Vasan2GSB.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Dr. Ashwin Vasan says masks are necessary for children under 5. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New York City is not close to a high level. COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths have declined precipitously since peaking in January and have been flat for weeks. A quarter of the city\u2019s hospital and ICU beds are empty. Only 248 COVID patients are hospitalized, of which 51 are in an ICU.<\/p>\n<p>Even if community risk was rising, there is little evidence that masking students works. Sweden, which kept schools open without mask mandates, found that teachers had no increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection compared to other occupations. Staff-to-staff transmission between adults is far more common than transmission from students.<br \/>Mayor Adams has shown courage in ending many pandemic restrictions. He would be well advised to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, not his overcautious health commissioner, and end all school mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Joel Zinberg, MD, is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and director of public health and wellness at the Paragon Health Institute.<\/em>\n                        <\/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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This makes no scientific sense and perpetuates the harms of masking preschoolers. 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