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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]She said the perception of masks making us safer was all that matters[/b]. That makes no sense and is worthy of ridicule.[/quote]

No, that is not what she said.  This is what she said:

“The last thing I want is for schools to be a source of anxiety for our students and it feels like making masks optional because of all the messaging, especially at the beginning of the pandemic, that my mask not only protects me, it protects my community,” O’Looney said at the meeting. “… That’s still a lingering sentiment. Regardless of what data says, perception is reality for students and families. I’m really afraid that if we get rid of the mask mandate, it’s going to cause a lot of fear for our students and families.”[/quote]

Yes, and that was dumb. Perception is more important than data? Shouldn’t schools be educating people? They can do that about masks and covid, too.[/quote]

What she's trying to say is making masks optional puts the onus on children to protect themselves and their community. I get that YOU think there's no need for them to do that. No doubt you were on of the sociopaths sending your kids to school sick in January and demanding masks be removed. But what she's saying is, again, making masks optional right now--right after a surge that was pretty damned traumatic for a lot of those kids and their teachers, btw--is putting the responsibility in the hands of minor children, who will then have to weigh the choice with the added fun of peer pressure, bullying etc. As you've taken a side and politicized this, so will your damaged children. No doubt they're already stalking asthmatics in their classrooms telling them "masks don't work," and whatever other nonsense you've put in their heads.

And no, again, this doesn't mean we mask forever. But we need to listen to our children too. We need to keep them safe. We need to stop demanding they have to make life or death decisions in middle school. [/quote]

So much irrationality in this post.  I'm sure it gives you comfort to think that mask wearers are the only ones who really care about societies and the ones who want mask optional is a bunch of bullies spreading sickness. It does not work like that -- I see you as the big bully demanding that other people's children stay masked to alleviate your mental health issues because the actual risk is minimal.

The SMOB's point was not about what the data actually says.  She said we have put so much mental burden on children that they are harming themselves and each other if they go maskless, even if the data says it is okay to go maskless.  Why does that not concern you?  How we have put so much mental pressure on children to keep up this theater?[/quote]

I'm not a bully, Mr "Masks are Theater."

Her point--and mine--is that the transition involves more than just data. It involves time, and some respect for caution. It involves the acknowledgement that kids are social creatures and may not always act in their own best interest. Now, my kid will be fine regardless. They will wear a mask for the rest of March and then we will see where we are at. They are still planning to go to Europe in June. We are optimistic they won't have to mask most of that trip. I prefer optimism, on the whole.

Now, your kids are being pressured not to wear masks and seeing how much you like to pull the wings off flies yourself, I have no doubt that they're stalking kids in the hall and making fun of them and saying crap like "masks are theater!" "You're irrational!" Etc.

I'm sure they hear that language all the time at home. It seems pretty obvious that's how you talk about your wife.

I am truly truly sorry your own children are so weak that wearing masks has been a mental burden for them. However will they manage a AP class? Or doing their own laundry? [/quote]

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