Will your DC wear mask to school when Youngkin lifts school mask mandate next week?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So to answer the original question: if the General Assembly passes the new measure and it is signed into law, and assuming no court challenges that result in the new measure being enjoined, I would probably still send my kids in with masks for a while, to get past the (currently declining) surge and to get past various doctors appointments over the next few weeks that we don’t want to have to reschedule if our kids get COVID. After that, we would probably leave it up to our kids to decide (they are in middle and high school), though I suspect that they will want to continue to wear masks for a while because it’s no big deal to them and they would like to minimize their chances of getting sick. We recognize the need for an off ramp—but we also think that the masks really have been a small price to pay to get through the pandemic.

Let me translate what you really mean—-

I would still force my DD to wear a mask until I figure out what other parents are doing. I am terrified of being accused of being a Trumper or having voted for Youngkin than I have ever been of covid! As long as I see some of my friends allowing their kids to remove their masks, then it will be ok for my kid to do the same.

You don’t need to put words in my mouth—my post speaks for itself. After the upcoming appointments over the next few weeks, I’ll let my sons decide what to do. While I suspect I know what they will decide, I’m comfortable with them making their own decisions. Just as they currently do on settings where masks aren’t mandatory—one chooses to wear them because he prefers it; the other is more reluctant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Have none of these senators read that the state grants operational authority to the local school boards?

Do you understand that they are working on passing a new law in VA that changes that paradigm for masking?

If it passes at all, it won’t be in time to make a difference this year.

It is expected to pass in 2 weeks. It’s on a fast track. It may make a difference before the end of the month. Try to keep up.

https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/amid-youngkins-court-fight-virginia-senate-moves-to-make-masks-optional-at-school/article_c4d01be9-6398-5a60-94c8-23336712f2df.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

If Youngkin adds the emergency clause, doesn’t it have to go back to both chambers and get a 4/5 yay vote? If you want that you’d best start calling northern Virginia democrats now. At least in Fairfax our county Dems are spitting mad about the amendment at all, much less the addition of an emergency clause. Surrovell indicated he only voted yes based on a 7/1 effective date.

[Anonymous]

Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So to answer the original question: if the General Assembly passes the new measure and it is signed into law, and assuming no court challenges that result in the new measure being enjoined, I would probably still send my kids in with masks for a while, to get past the (currently declining) surge and to get past various doctors appointments over the next few weeks that we don’t want to have to reschedule if our kids get COVID. After that, we would probably leave it up to our kids to decide (they are in middle and high school), though I suspect that they will want to continue to wear masks for a while because it’s no big deal to them and they would like to minimize their chances of getting sick. We recognize the need for an off ramp—but we also think that the masks really have been a small price to pay to get through the pandemic.

Well said

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So to answer the original question: if the General Assembly passes the new measure and it is signed into law, and assuming no court challenges that result in the new measure being enjoined, I would probably still send my kids in with masks for a while, to get past the (currently declining) surge and to get past various doctors appointments over the next few weeks that we don’t want to have to reschedule if our kids get COVID. After that, we would probably leave it up to our kids to decide (they are in middle and high school), though I suspect that they will want to continue to wear masks for a while because it’s no big deal to them and they would like to minimize their chances of getting sick. We recognize the need for an off ramp—but we also think that the masks really have been a small price to pay to get through the pandemic.

Let me translate what you really mean—-

I would still force my DD to wear a mask until I figure out what other parents are doing. I am terrified of being accused of being a Trumper or having voted for Youngkin than I have ever been of covid! As long as I see some of my friends allowing their kids to remove their masks, then it will be ok for my kid to do the same.

I hope he runs again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

Passed by a wide margin. The debate is over and mask mandates are ending. Finally.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

Passed by a wide margin. The debate is over and mask mandates are ending. Finally.

In July, when everyone expected them to be over anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

Passed by a wide margin. The debate is over and mask mandates are ending. Finally.

In July, when everyone expected them to be over anyway.

Do you truly want all students/staff to wear masks through June? Do you think that is necessary?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

Passed by a wide margin. The debate is over and mask mandates are ending. Finally.

In July, when everyone expected them to be over anyway.

Do you truly want all students/staff to wear masks through June? Do you think that is necessary?

Based on the recent news (i.e., lots of left-leaning states / localities are RIGHT NOW ending mask mandates), I suspect Virginia D leadership (perhaps on the advice of national D leadership) will find a way to end the mask mandate way before July, despite D-voter anxiety. The optics of mask mandates continuing in to summer when the rest of the world and country are RIGHT NOW ending the mandates is going to play terribly. I think D politicians could play this as a win for science and kids, but they need their base to sing the same tune.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Every day. No colds or strep wanted either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

Passed by a wide margin. The debate is over and mask mandates are ending. Finally.

In July, when everyone expected them to be over anyway.

That's what I thought until I read the Richmond Times article. Apparently Filler-Corn changed it so emergency clauses only have to pass by a simple majority. House would be fine passing an emergency clause. Chap would be fine with it, which means at worst it's a tie in the senate broken by Winsome Sears, who would obviously vote yes on an emergency clause added by the Governor. Unless an R flips against the masks being optional, it happens February 21 as long as the bill passes the Senate today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Every day. No colds or strep wanted either.

My kids got every possible kind of cold virus except SARS-COV-2 from March 2021 until December 2021. Obviously we didn't actually do a viral panel, but between the household someone had a cold basically every week of spring, summer, fall, and early winter. I joked we were paying our immunity debt. The masks did nothing.

One of my kids said that her classmates would lower their masks to cough without covering their mouths with their elbows. And that's why mask mandates don't work.

[Anonymous]

Now there is a house bill, HB 1272, identical to SB739 working it's way through, which should speed the process. Made it out of house education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh wait, I see in the Richmond Times article it’s just a simple majority. Clearly Chap can do that if he wants. He’s the Joe Manchin.

Yeah. Surovell might be dissembling. I keep hearing it’ll be end of the month, but now maybe April.

Passed by a wide margin. The debate is over and mask mandates are ending. Finally.

In July, when everyone expected them to be over anyway.

That's what I thought until I read the Richmond Times article. Apparently Filler-Corn changed it so emergency clauses only have to pass by a simple majority. House would be fine passing an emergency clause. Chap would be fine with it, which means at worst it's a tie in the senate broken by Winsome Sears, who would obviously vote yes on an emergency clause added by the Governor. Unless an R flips against the masks being optional, it happens February 21 as long as the bill passes the Senate today.

Where are all the covidian freakos going to hide after the muzzles are removed from our healthy children? Do they have another abusive tactic to implement?