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“Let me be clear, I oppose Gov. Murphy’s mask mandate for students. The science is clear: nearly all children who contract COVID-19 are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and wearing masks for children is terrible for their social and emotional development,” Ciattarelli said in a statement.

“Bottom line, whether a child wears a mask should be decided by parents, not government,” he said. “If someone wants to have their child wear a mask, they should feel free to do so, but it’s not something that should be forced on children, nor should their learning be inhibited in any way.”

A GOP official from Texas who regularly espoused anti-vaccine and anti-mask views online has died from COVID-19, five days after posting a meme on Facebook questioning the wisdom of getting inoculated against COVID.

Dickinson City Council member and State Republican Executive Committee member H. Scott Apley, 45, died in a local hospital around 3 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to a GoFundMe page set up to help Apley’s family with expenses. He was admitted to the facility in Galveston on Sunday with “pneumonia-like symptoms,” and was hooked up to a ventilator as his condition worsened. His wife was also infected, the family said.

Smoove_B wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:00 pm Absolutely no regard for how individual choices influence community outcomes. Or the potential for chronic issues in children exposed. I don't understand how 18+ months later, this is still a point of contention.

Smoove_B wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 5:15 pm This is just one photo of someone protesting the NJ Governor today. The idea that someone is likening DeSantis to Superman while FL is currently imploding...there is no point discussing anything with these people; they are delusional.

malchior wrote: Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:05 pm FFS. Joe Rogan is such a dumbass.

I knew it. This was always a way to drain money from the public schools into private schools. A straight line from the segregation academies to where Florida is now.

Kyle Griffin
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida approves private school vouchers if parents say children feel bullied by a district's mask-wearing rules.

Blackhawk wrote:So cluster all of the anti-maskers into one place separate from the safe people.

Can we do that here, too? How about we just implement a 49-state mask mandate, then give everyone who feels bullied a voucher for Florida?

malchior wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 6:07 am Totally normal. A US Senator telling people to ignore public health guidance because 'they can't arrest all of us'. The man is so full of contempt and arrogance for *us*. Yet a man who is all to happy to loot *our* coffers because his state is totally dependent on *us*. Instead of defunding agencies that follow the CDC...let's defund Kentucky and see how it goes for him. FWIW - the Senate should censure him for this type of traitorous, evil rhetoric.

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/stat ... 2116718595

Smoove_B wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:07 am I don't even know how to respond to what Rand Paul has said. Both in substance and that he would actually say it.

El Guapo wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:09 am

Smoove_B wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:07 am I don't even know how to respond to what Rand Paul has said. Both in substance and that he would actually say it.

I think his neighbor understood the proper response.

YellowKing wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 11:35 am Yeah at this point I have to believe that everything the GOP mandates is "don't believe your eyes and ears, believe only me" brainwashing. Nobody in their right mind should believe that we should not only ignore precautions against a deadly disease for our children, but actively discourage them.

‘This Is Really Scary’: Kids Struggle With Long Covid
Lingering physical, mental and neurological symptoms are affecting children as well as adults, including many who had mild reactions to the initial coronavirus infection.

Studies estimate long Covid may affect between 10 percent and 30 percent of adults infected with the coronavirus. Estimates from the handful of studies of children so far range widely. At an April congressional hearing, Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, cited one study suggesting that between 11 percent and 15 percent of infected youths might “end up with this long-term consequence, which can be pretty devastating in terms of things like school performance.”

Some studies report higher proportions of older children with long-term issues. That might be because adolescents find some symptoms more disruptive or because after puberty, hormones might amplify immune responses, Dr. Nath said.

An April study by the United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics found that 9.8 percent of 2-to-11-year-olds and 13 percent of 12-to-16-year-olds infected with the coronavirus reported continuing symptoms five weeks later. After 12 weeks, rates remained significant: 7.4 percent in the younger group and 8.2 percent in the older group.

In another U.K. study, 4.4 percent of 1,734 children had symptoms more than four weeks post-Covid, over four times as high as the percentage with symptoms four weeks after non-Covid illnesses like flu. About 2 percent of Covid patients had symptoms after eight weeks.

The Pentagon will require members of the U.S. military to get the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 15, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.

YellowKing wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:20 pm I have an anti-vax "friend" on FB that is constantly posting videos from random family physicians who are anti-mask or anti-vaxx, as if you can't find conpiracy theorists in any profession. She then upholds this as "proof" that we're being lied to, because hey - it makes perfect sense that thousands of doctors and scientists worldwide are trying to deceive you, but this one family practitioner from bumfuck USA knows the REAL TRUTH. I had to unfollow her because my urge to get into a screaming match was powerful, and I really don't want to blow up the relationship over her ignorance.

YellowKing wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:20 pm I have an anti-vax "friend" on FB that is constantly posting videos from random family physicians who are anti-mask or anti-vaxx, as if you can't find conpiracy theorists in any profession. She then upholds this as "proof" that we're being lied to, because hey - it makes perfect sense that thousands of doctors and scientists worldwide are trying to deceive you, but this one family practitioner from bumfuck USA knows the REAL TRUTH. I had to unfollow her because my urge to get into a screaming match was powerful, and I really don't want to blow up the relationship over her ignorance.

Skinypupy wrote:

YellowKing wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:20 pm I have an anti-vax "friend" on FB that is constantly posting videos from random family physicians who are anti-mask or anti-vaxx, as if you can't find conpiracy theorists in any profession. She then upholds this as "proof" that we're being lied to, because hey - it makes perfect sense that thousands of doctors and scientists worldwide are trying to deceive you, but this one family practitioner from bumfuck USA knows the REAL TRUTH. I had to unfollow her because my urge to get into a screaming match was powerful, and I really don't want to blow up the relationship over her ignorance.

My “mute for 30 days” button has seen a significant increase over the past 8-12 months.

Defiant wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:19 pm Haven't seen this article linked. Hopefully, it will help raise awareness of the issue.

malchior wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:44 pm

Defiant wrote: Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:19 pm Haven't seen this article linked. Hopefully, it will help raise awareness of the issue.

Don't worry - "Dr. Silver" said experts say this piece is irresponsible. "A lot of experts" is doing a ton of lifting there.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/statu ... 7764947973