{"id":438761,"date":"2022-04-28T01:48:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-pandemic-is-over-let-nyc-toddlers-breathe\/"},"modified":"2022-04-28T01:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T22:48:25","slug":"the-pandemic-is-over-let-nyc-toddlers-breathe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-pandemic-is-over-let-nyc-toddlers-breathe\/","title":{"rendered":"#The &#8216;pandemic&#8217; is over &#8211; let NYC toddlers breathe!"},"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-6a3fbf3ee5659\" 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-6a3fbf3ee5659\" 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\/the-pandemic-is-over-let-nyc-toddlers-breathe\/#%E2%80%9CThe_%E2%80%98pandemic_is_over_%E2%80%93_let_NYC_toddlers_breathe%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The &#8216;pandemic&#8217; is over &#8211; let NYC toddlers breathe!&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_%E2%80%98pandemic_is_over_%E2%80%93_let_NYC_toddlers_breathe%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The &#8216;pandemic&#8217; is over &#8211; let NYC toddlers breathe!&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Even Dr. Anthony Fauci now says COVID\u2019s \u201cpandemic phase\u201d is over.\u00a0Here in the city, cases, hospitalizations and deaths are falling after a tiny recent uptick. <\/p>\n<p>So it\u2019s even more clearly than ever time to liberate the last group of New Yorkers still forced to wear masks: schoolchildren under 5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That they have been forced to wear masks at all up to now is nothing short of monstrous. These kids have lowest COVID risk of <em>all <\/em>age groups.<strong> <\/strong>Of 991,000-plus US COVID deaths since the pandemic began, only 126 have been 1- to 4-year-olds, typically tots with significant comorbidities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nor have schools <em>ever <\/em>been significant vectors of transmission. Months of consistent data show this. Mayor Eric Adams himself has repeatedly admitted it\u2019s true.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s zero data to indicate that broad-scale mask mandates have done <em>any<\/em> good against COVID.<\/p>\n<p>Masks also do real, and likely lasting, damage to little kids. The Post\u2019s own reporting shows younger students across the city suffering from emotional and learning problems as a result of constant masking.<\/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\/04\/children-mask-mandate.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Children and their guardians wearing masks because of COVID-19 pandemic, leave P.S. 64 in the East Village\" class=\"wp-image-22061689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/children-mask-mandate.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/children-mask-mandate.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/children-mask-mandate.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Children wearing masks leave P.S. 64 in the East Village. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Brittainy Newman\/AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even our worse-than-useless CDC admits that not letting kids see faces is bad in its (insanely still <em>not <\/em>updated) masking guidance for early-childhood education. \u201cTo facilitate learning and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> and emotional development,\u201d it advises, \u201cconsider having staff wear a clear mask or cloth mask with a clear panel when interacting with young children.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adams claims he is \u201cat the mercy\u201d of his health team on unmasking toddlers; he\u2019s standing by the advisers who backed him up when he kept all schools open despite the surge in January.<\/p>\n<p>But <em>why <\/em>does health czar Ashwin Vasan want to keep young kids masked indefinitely? He claims he\u2019s just being a scientist \u2014 yet this flies in the face of what the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> <em>actually <\/em>says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nothing justifies forcing kids that young to mask. This is simply cruelty to the powerless.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just do it, Mr. Mayor: Free <em>all <\/em>the smiles.\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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So it\u2019s even more clearly than ever time to liberate the last group of New Yorkers still forced to wear masks:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":438762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/newspress-collage-22054197-1651098893142.png?w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[128553,71464,1545,43,66147,116860,74212],"class_list":["post-438761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-4-27-22","tag-cdc","tag-coronavirus","tag-editorial","tag-eric-adams","tag-mask-mandates","tag-public-schools"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}