{"id":519978,"date":"2022-12-02T00:56:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-is-nycs-arts-community-still-punishing-kids-by-forcing-them-to-mask\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T00:56:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:56:40","slug":"why-is-nycs-arts-community-still-punishing-kids-by-forcing-them-to-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-is-nycs-arts-community-still-punishing-kids-by-forcing-them-to-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why is NYC&#8217;s arts community still punishing kids by forcing them to mask?"},"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-6a23fa043ad85\" 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-6a23fa043ad85\" 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\/why-is-nycs-arts-community-still-punishing-kids-by-forcing-them-to-mask\/#%E2%80%9CWhy_is_NYCs_arts_community_still_punishing_kids_by_forcing_them_to_mask%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Why is NYC&#8217;s arts community still punishing kids by forcing them to mask?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhy_is_NYCs_arts_community_still_punishing_kids_by_forcing_them_to_mask%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Why is NYC&#8217;s arts community still punishing kids by forcing them to mask?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>After 30 months of brutally restricting our city\u2019s children over inflated fears about their susceptibility to COVID-19, the arts community inexplicably won\u2019t stop. Even as city- and state-enforced edicts have slipped into the annals of history, children\u2019s mask and vaccine mandates remain alive in many museums, theaters and other cultural venues.<\/p>\n<p>Parents like me often learn about these dictates via a school note about a class <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>, when we have little recourse. First, the good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>: Your child is being given a beautiful opportunity to see a show at the Alvin Ailey or New Victory Theater \u2014 hooray! Oh, but by the way, he or she will be required to \u201cmask up.\u201d Often the masking is framed as something children must do \u201cout of respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course these cultural institutions have parents over a barrel. Because while New York City\u2019s public-school kids 5 and up were freed from their masks March 7 (the mayor\u2019s toddler mask mandate for ages 2 to 4 didn\u2019t end until June 13), these partly publicly funded private fiefdoms can continue to mandate any ineffective mitigation they choose \u2014 with neither consequences nor motivation to restore normal for child visitors.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to perpetuating COVID hysteria, museums are as retrograde as children\u2019s theater. MoMath, for instance, still requires masks. The Jewish Museum dropped its mask mandate but requires visiting school groups to mask up. El Museo del Barrio continues to make everyone mask. The Whitney only <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whitney.org\/events\/open-studio-april-2022\">requires masks<\/a> in the children\u2019s open studio (!).<\/p>\n<p>What will it take for the arts to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>? By now states like Florida and many European countries aren\u2019t even recommending the vaccine for healthy children. Yet Alvin Ailey Dance requires small children enrolling to have boosters. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York City's public-school kids who are 5 years old and up were freed from their masks on March 7, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-24864110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>New York City\u2019s public-school kids who are 5 years old and up were freed from their masks on March 7, 2022. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Europe never masked children under 6 and only rarely masked kids under 12. Pre-pandemic, Americans often praised European models for child protection. But when it comes to COVID, it\u2019s as if Europe doesn\u2019t exist.<\/p>\n<p>Nor can the mainstream admit that masking children and the adults around them for extended periods of time is demonstrably harmful. Surely even the most mask-obsessed parents must intuit that covering their children\u2019s faces has a real cost.<\/p>\n<p>A British <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/1116984\/Face_Coverings_in_schools_report_November_2022.pdf\">survey<\/a> released just days ago revealed 75% of teachers reported that masks muffled sound, made communication harder for special-needs kids and discouraged quieter children from class participation. Masks made it especially difficult for hard-of-hearing kids who need to read lips and special-needs kids who struggle to pick up non-verbal cues. Children said masking made them anxious.<\/p>\n<p>Who is responsible for these extended anti-child, anti-science predatory policies that take advantage of captive audiences during what should be sublime and elevating experiences?<\/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\/12\/kid-masks-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York City's public-school kids who are 5 years old and up were freed from their masks on March 7, 2022. \" class=\"wp-image-24864094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/kid-masks-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Jewish Museum dropped its mask mandate but requires visiting school groups to mask up. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Just a year ago, before the pediatric vaccine\u2019s emergency-use authorization, Broadway demanded that kids under 12 wear masks and show a negative COVID test to attend. The Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall barred them altogether, relegating children to true viral-vector status. Young musicians and opera aficionados missed out on two priceless years of live performance even as their peers in other states were living their best lives.<\/p>\n<p>When I phoned Alvin Ailey to ask why it\u2019s forcing children to cover their faces during a school performance meant to be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>, interactive and fun, the terse response was \u201cWhat\u2019s the big deal, it\u2019s just a mask!\u201d When I pressed further, explaining that masks do more harm than good, especially to children, I was told to keep my child home and skip the performance altogether if I wouldn\u2019t comply. This would also mean a missed day of school, but Ailey remained undeterred.<\/p>\n<p>This hurt me to the core. As a lifelong patron of the arts, I can\u2019t understand the logic \u2014 and the casual indifference to restoring children\u2019s joy, wonder and essential connection to the arts, something they need now more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Children have been through so much already. When will the abuse stop?<\/p>\n<p><i>Natalya Murakhver is co-founder of Restore Childhood, a nonprofit dedicated to ending COVID mandates for children and restoring athletics, art and academics across the United States. 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