VIRGINIA: Leftist Schools Announce Rebellion. Won’t Obey Guv’s Order to End Mask Mandates
BY R. CORT KIRKWOOD
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
School systems across Virginia will defy Governor Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that rescinds the statewide mandate that school kids wear face diapers to block the transmission of the China Virus.
The reaction among leftist “educators” to the newly minted governor’s order was immediate: We won’t obey.
The fight might well end up in court, or perhaps lead to action by the new attorney general, Jason Miyares. In either case, Youngkin’s order makes clear why he acted. Parents must have some control over what happens to their kids, even on school property.
That includes whether to follow an arbitrary, anti-science mandate to bind their faces in ineffective paper or cloth masks, a mark of the Branch Covidian cult now running the country.
The Order
Youngkin’s order overturns predecessor Governor Ralph Northam’s mandate. The science shows that masks are ineffective because so many kids either wear them improperly or wear masks made of ineffective material, Youngkin’s order says.
The previous ukase from Virginia’s health commissioner “relates to the Delta variant and not the Omicron variant,” and does not recognize that vaccines are available for kids down to age five and that only “universal and correct mask use” helps reduce transmission:
As parents and educators have observed, many children wear masks incorrectly, providing little or no health benefit. The masks worn by children are often ineffective because they are made from cloth material, and they are often not clean, resulting in the collection of impurities, including bacteria and parasites. Additionally, wearing masks for prolonged periods of time, such as for an entire school day, decreases their effectiveness. Masking may be more or less effective dependent on the age of the child.
The health benefits of wearing face diapers are “inconsistent,” and the diapers themselves have “inflicted notable harm,” not least breathing problems. They are “demoralizing children,” the order says, and they inhibit communication, delay language development, and harm mental health, “which in many cases pose a greater health risk to children than COVID-19.”
The Centers for Disease Control, the order says, has confessed that masks don’t work if worn improperly.
The two keys to the order are these: A child cannot be forced to wear a mask if his parents say he needn’t wear one, and parents needn’t provide a reason they don’t want their kids’ faces strapped into germ-ridden cloth or paper all day.
Science-denying school administrators disagree.
“@APSVirginia will maintain our current mask requirement for students, staff, and visitors. Masks 😷 required inside our facilities and on school buses,” the Arlington County school system tweeted.
In a longer release, the leftist bureaucracy explained that it published a face-diaper policy before Northam’s statewide diktat, and “we will continue to make decisions that prioritize the health, safety, and wellbeing of our students and staff.”
Alexandria’s public school said likewise, as did those in Fairfax, Henrico, and Prince William counties. Schools in Richmond will also refuse to obey.
“As we return to school after the holiday weekend, we want to let you know that FCPS will continue universal masking for all students and staff,” Fairfax schools chief Scott Brabrand said.
Richmond “will maintain its 100% mask mandate for students, staff, and visitors,” Superintendent Jason Kamras tweeted.
Unsurprisingly, White House spokesman Jen Psaki backs the defiance. “Arlington county parent here,” she tweeted:
Thank you to @APSVirginia for standing up for our kids, teachers and administrators and their safety in the midst of a transmissible variant.
Youngkin warned that school systems have a week to comply or face unspecified action.
“We wrote the order specifically to give all the school systems, basically, eight days to get ready — to listen to parents,” Youngkin told WTOP:
“Over the course of this week, I hope they will listen to parents because we will use every resource within the governor’s authority to explore what we can and will do to ensure parents’ rights are protected.
Youngkin should be prepared for a leftist propaganda campaign if and when schools comply with the mandate. Every new case of the virus will be laid at his feet.
Then again, schools might reconsider if children tear off their masks, fight with teachers and principals, and cry “I can’t breathe.”