Mask mandates are 'harassment,' Florida Dept. of Education says

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Well, how about the "harassment" nurses and physican's endur from having to wear an N95or PAPR's mask + goggles and face shield 12-14hrs each shift due to U.S non-vaccinated Covid infected persons CHOOSING that status despite vaccine availability???

BASIC INFECTION CONTROL measures during a pandemic: cover your face and nose when out in public.

From:  Summary of Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Address High Levels of Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Deaths

See that picture from CDC: PROTECT HEALTH CARE WORKERS --almost forgotten today.

Florida reported over 134,000 new COVID-19 cases in past week per Florida Dept of Health.

Yet the Dept of Health pushed out this Emergency Order-- smacks of political involvement not science based.

64DER21 -12 Protocols for Controlling COVID-19 in School Settings

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This emergency rule conforms to Executive Order Number 21-175, which ordered the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Education to ensure safety protocols for controlling the spread of COVID-19 in schools that

(1) do not violate Floridians' constitutional freedoms;

(2) do not violate parents' rights under Florida law to make health care decisions for their minor children; and

(3) protect children with disabilities or health conditions who would be harmed by certain protocols, such as face masking requirements. The order, which is incorporated by reference, directs that any COVID- 19 mitigation actions taken by school districts comply with the Parents' Bill of Rights, and "protect parents' right to make decisions regarding masking of their children in relation to COVID-19.

ABC News 8/6/2021

Students can transfer schools to avoid COVID-19 'harassment' like mask mandates, Florida's board of education says

The governor and local districts have clashed this week over masks.

CBS: 8/6/2021

Florida school mask controversy continues as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge

Thankfully, push back from some school districts

https://abcnews.go.com/US/desantis-school-districts-clash-masks-covid-19-cases/story?id=79277496

 

07/26/2021

American Academy of Pediatrics.: Children and COVID-19: State-Level Data Report

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...As of July 29, nearly 4.2 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic. Almost 72,000 cases were added the past week, a substantial increase from the prior week, when about 39,000 cases were reported. After declining in early Summer, child cases have steadily increased in July.

FL: As of 6/24/21, stopped reporting child hospitalizations...

8/6/2021: Philadelphia Inquirer

New Jersey to mandate masks for students and staff. Pennsylvania will leave the decision to districts.

 

GRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrr   Praying for our Florida school nurses...

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

8/5/2021

Pediatric COVID admissions soar in Florida | Miami Herald
 

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3 days ago — Florida hospitals report a surge in pediatric admissions for COVID-19. Unlike prior waves, the resurgent pandemic fueled by the delta variant.

More Florida children were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Tuesday than in any other state, reflecting a rapid rise in serious illness among an age group considered to be at the lowest risk of severe outcomes from the disease and many still not eligible for the vaccine.

A total of 46 pediatric patients were admitted to a Florida hospital with a confirmed infection while an additional 22 were hospitalized with a suspected case, according to the federal government’s hospital capacity data.

Only Texas reported a higher total number of pediatric patients in hospitals with confirmed COVID-19 on Tuesday — 142 children — compared to 135 in Florida....

 

 

[subee, MSN, CRNA]

DeSantis is the new Dr. Mengele - experimenting with his citizens in a more horrible way.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

subee:  you CRNA's and surgeons wore masks daily in the OR  to protect patients from infection without it being considered harassment.

Glad to see Florida school districts pushing back against DeSantis edict as Florida reported 23,903 COVID-19 cases in a single day on Friday --more than in Spring 2021 peak.

Florida's largest school districts impose mask mandates, but some students can opt out

Read that the Dallas Independent School District, the second-largest in Texas, said it's temporarily requiring face masks for all students, staff and visitors as of Tuesday --- counter to Gov. Abbotts decree of no masks.

[toomuchbaloney]

Abbott isn't advertising further political aspirations in republican circles, so it's safe for him to speak unequivocally about the absurdity of republican thinking in the covid pandemic. 

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

What Governor in his right mind endangers children and punishes school districts over a highly communicable disease during a WORLD WIDE PANDEMIC, with hospitals reporting scarce ICU beds especially for children????

 

[toomuchbaloney]

17 minutes ago, NRSKarenRN said:

What Governor in his right mind endangers children and punishes school districts over a highly communicable disease during a WORLD WIDE PANDEMIC with hospitals reporting scarce ICU beds, especially for children????

 

Tyrants. 

[subee, MSN, CRNA]

23 hours ago, subee said:

DeSantis is the new Dr. Mengele - experimenting with his citizens in a more horrible way.

Please allow me to modify what I said.  He is more horrible only in the sense of the numbers of people he has killed - not in the quality of his sociopathy.  The citizens of Florida have mostly chosen their own fates - Ron DeSantis never forced anyone to be submit willingly to a deadly virus,. except for the doctors, nurses and hospital workers that have to take care of these dummies.  In his eyes, health care workers are expendebe to an ideological delusion.

[adventure_rn, MSN, NP]

I've been staying with my parents this week, and I've heard several Fox News reporters call school-based mask mandates "child abuse" at the cost of teacher safety. SMH

[guest1163268]

There's a concept called ambiguous illusion, sort of those images that can look like two separate things. Old woman, young girl? 

It's why I don't listen to anything anyone says ever and only react to their behaviors. Behaviors never lie especially in the context of repetition! 

People like Abbott and DeSantis and trump etc, there's no ambiguity to their character! They say and do exactly what they are! They are sociopaths! 

What's alarming, are the people who respond to them. Also, just how easily they can be used! It's why vanity is such an insecurity! And so dangerous! 

It's what makes so many Dems such good choices. Look at the difference between Manchin and Biden or Sanders. Manchin is a deeply flawed character and will eventually destroy himself and his constituents, but, he's not worried, because he's already sold his soul to corporate possibilities! And this country appears to love dysfunctional people! 

[toomuchbaloney]

It sounded like DeSantis (in his presser today) is promoting regeneron and monoclonal antibodies rather than masking and social distancing for the unvaccinated. 

[SmilingBluEyes]

On 8/9/2021 at 5:48 PM, NRSKarenRN said:

What Governor in his right mind endangers children and punishes school districts over a highly communicable disease during a WORLD WIDE PANDEMIC, with hospitals reporting scarce ICU beds especially for children????

 

You qualified it already.