I'm guessing they are keeping the mask mandates for schools because Omicron is still ripping through classrooms like wild fire. Our DC-based daycare was absolutely decimated for the past month. I imagine the same is happening in classrooms, particularly when so few kids are vaccinated.

What a waste of small business resources for a month and so unfair to children. Great work, Mayor.

I’m done wearing a mask as of today. Nothing will be different in two weeks so time to get a head start.

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Anonymous wrote:This feels so unfair. So unvaccinated adults can swan around unmasked in restaurants and bars, but my fully vaxxed kids have to continue wearing their masks for 8 hours a day in school. Drop the school mask mandate before dropping the vax mandate.

This.

+1 But no one ever cares about the children

Hey now, the teachers unions care about kids!

Lmao just kidding.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm fine with dropping the mask mandate but the vaccine mandate was good, common-sense public health policy.

No. It’s a highly unpopular policy that’s toxic to the Democratic Party. Also nit grounded in science, sorry.

It is grounded in science. The vaccinated are less likely to spread/catch covid.

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Anonymous wrote:This feels so unfair. So unvaccinated adults can swan around unmasked in restaurants and bars, but my fully vaxxed kids have to continue wearing their masks for 8 hours a day in school. Drop the school mask mandate before dropping the vax mandate.

This.

+1 But no one ever cares about the children

Anonymous wrote:Why are our kids the sacrificial lambs? They’re still stuck wearing masks OUTSIDE at school!!

You need to be more community-minded. Your kids are protecting adults who refuse to get vaccinated and are now free to galavant around town unencumbered.

Anonymous wrote:I'm fine with dropping the mask mandate but the vaccine mandate was good, common-sense public health policy.

No. It’s a highly unpopular policy that’s toxic to the Democratic Party. Also nit grounded in science, sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

It destroys small businesses, especially restaurants.

+1 Many restaurants chose to close instead of acting as the de facto police force

Why are our kids the sacrificial lambs? They’re still stuck wearing masks OUTSIDE at school!!

Anonymous wrote:OMG, stop with this collective insanity. Unmask the darn kids.

Is the teacher union in DC really this powerful?

Teacher unions everywhere are insanely powerful. It's nonsensical. If they're that worried about covid, get vaccinated! I spent three days around my vaccinated/boosted FIL in November before he caught Covid, and thankfully I didn't catch it. Vaccines work but the teachers union would rather kids mask indefinitely.

I'm fine with dropping the mask mandate but the vaccine mandate was good, common-sense public health policy.

OMG, stop with this collective insanity. Unmask the darn kids.

Is the teacher union in DC really this powerful?

Boo! Wrong direction DC.

"Hi guys! Yeah, you still have to mask all day every day. Now if you'll excuse us, we gotta go let some unvaccinated adults hit the bars." -District of Columbia to DCPS kids