Mayor-elect Eric Adams took to the airwaves Sunday and declared he wants to nix mask mandates in the classroom and called himself “conservative” on public safety, NY Post reported.
Adams fears masks are stopping students from making friends and said he wants to end the school mask mandate when he takes office come Jan. 1.
“If we can find a safe way to do it, I look forward to getting rid of the mask,” Adams told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning.
“Part of the socialization of a child is that smile.”
“Not being able to see the smiles of our children has a major impact.”
“But it must be done with the science so we don’t go back to closing our city down.”
As recently as Thursday city officials could not say what it would take to lift the mask requirement in public schools, even as kids aged 5 and up can now get the COVID-19 vaccine.
At his daily press briefing on Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio conceded there is currently no end in sight for masks in schools.
Adams, a former police captain, also talked tough about cracking down on violence during his press engagements on Sunday morning.
Adams believes criminals busted with guns need to be locked up longer to prevent shootings like when a 26-year-old woman was hit in the leg by a stray bullet while pushing her 2-year-old daughter in a stroller in the Bronx on Thursday night, the NY Post reported.
“When I use the term ‘conservative’, I have zero tolerance for abusive and criminal and violent behavior.
He’ll probably loosen the restrictions for the children and adults who are vaccinated because apparently they don’t spread COVID as much as those who aren’t. (Sarcasm)
Lots of vaccinated people are tired of having to wear masks for the sake of people who don’t want to get vaccinated
“But it must be done with the science….” There is no scientific benefit for children to wear masks for hours on end. On the contrary. This is most likely his pre-emptive statement for …. If you vax your kid, he won’t need a mask. Don’t believe a word of it if that is what ends up being said in NY. Look to Israel for the proof. 80% of the country is vaxxed, yet masks are still required indoors.
Changes we want to see!!!
Now, will he end the vax mandates for City employees?
The latest Lancet (a mainstream medical journal) just published research saying that the workplace or other public place COVID-shot mandates don’t lower the rates of COVID *transmission* at all. So the mandates (supposedly to “stop the spread”) need to be seen as what they are: based on a now-proven-wrong theory.
I pray for sanity to soon prevail, please Hashem!
Let’s hear it for SANITY iyh
Please stop spreading dangerous lies. The Lancet study said very clearly that the spread was significantly lower amongst vaccinated groups than unvaccinated.
“The SARs in household contacts exposed to the delta variant was 25% in vaccinated and 38% in unvaccinated contacts. These results underpin the key message that vaccinated contacts are better protected than the unvaccinated. All breakthrough infections were mild, and no hospitalisations and deaths were observed.”
The pandemic is still ongoing and it would be foolish and unsafe to remove masks before the science says it’s safe, lets not Rush into risking lives
Driving also risks lives
..Since the overwhelming majority of us had Covid, and the studies from Israel and the UK show what science has told us all along since the beginning of time- natural immunity is stronger than vaccine induced immunity, there is absolutely no reason for the majority of us to be wearing masks and taking other extreme steps that are unreasonable given the facts. It is a power grab and a chance for people to promote hate. AS an independent, free thinking human being with common sense, who already recovered from covid, I refuse to give any credence to those negative people… Read more »
When the vaccinated children don’t have to wear masks and make fun of the vaccinated ones wearing masks, the unvaccinated will pressure their parents into getting them vaccinated or else the authorities will say they can get vaccinated without parental approval and heavily fine the parents for not cooperating with the government. Sounds like Stalin Russia.