Many states and school districts have implemented masking in their schools.
There are parents demanding they be given a choice in their schools
As much as we talk about exploding numbers of COVID-19 in schools, the impact is pretty clear.
And if this is enough for complete masking across the state, I have some bad news for the future of schooling.
Simple math here, folks. We are talking about far less death than normal flu seasons in kids.
No, it’s not the flu, but it is less deadly in kids.
The media insists this is the most important COVID-19 battle in the country, not vaccinations, and that is idiotic.
We masked for over a year, and it did nothing to slow the spread. It’s the vaccine, and that’s the only thing making a difference. The energy wasted here is detrimental to the cause.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) is standing by while school districts across the state implement plans they know are largely theater.
Madison County School Board president David Weis said as much this week on WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show.”
Weis noted, “I’m shrugging my shoulders right now going, ‘Yeah, it can’t hurt.’”
He does this knowing it never ends for some people.
“I know that’s going to disappoint a lot of people out there that would like us to be masked up forever,” Weis stated.
This is like saying, “Please shut up. We made the kids wear masks, and we know it won’t really do anything but will you leave us alone?”
They will not.
It is beyond time for Ivey to look around the country for better ideas.
In Tennessee, Governor Bill Lee (R) signed an executive order making masking optional for all schools after Memphis and Nashville implemented mask orders.
In Florida, masks are optional and parents are trapped in school systems that demand them have the option of using their education dollars elsewhere.
If Governor Ivey doesn’t want to follow any of our neighbors, maybe she should look to the European Union and the United Kingdom where neither recommends masks for kids.
Either of these options would work in Alabama, if she can do it within her power, and the state legislature should consider stepping in during the next legislative session because if COVID-19 is the reasoning for masking up, it will clearly be used in the future for other reasons as well.
This has to stop.
This is not about science. It is about fear.
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Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9AM weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10AM to noon.
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