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Ohio introduces mask mandate for children returning to K-12 schools
Cleveland.com ^ | August 4, 2020 | Emily Bamforth

Posted on 08/04/2020 2:13:32 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat

In the midst of a heated nationwide debate on sending children back to school during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a statewide mask mandate for students headed to in-person school this fall.

The mandate affects grades K-12. Under previous guidance, only teachers and staff were required to wear face coverings. Schools were left to decide face covering policies. The state will work with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to distribute two million masks to schools, DeWine said.

“Frankly this gives us the best shot that we can,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: arth; covid; covid19; facediaper; masks; ohio; schools
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To: polymuser

Oh boy!!


21 posted on 08/04/2020 2:41:14 PM PDT by coaster123 (Suspect Everyone)
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To: CheshireTheCat

Who in their right mind would send a kid to school wearing a mask, put a kid on a school bus for sometimes almost an hour wearing a mask. . . .it’s time to get Grandma on board and homeschool. Not only can masks cause physical damage but psychological as well. Great site for information is The Illinois Family Institute. Tell your Ohio friends.https://illinoisfamily.org/topic/education/


22 posted on 08/04/2020 2:42:31 PM PDT by Maudeen (www.thereishopeinJesus.com)
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To: LouieFisk

> I expect if schools do open that they’ll be closed again with 2 months. <

I agree completely. Some kid will get the virus. And his parents will call a lawyer. And the lawyer will call the school board. Boom! It’s back to 100% internet learning,


23 posted on 08/04/2020 2:43:54 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

MY guess is school will pick up next year, if there is a vaccine. If so, the in-person schooling could even start earlier in the year. Otherwise, no vaccine - no schools, as with so many other things we are used to in normal life.

Or it could just disappear and go away, that would be a nice surprise too. But I wouldn’t depend on it.


24 posted on 08/04/2020 2:50:51 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: CheshireTheCat

The scary thing is that it feels like the masses have pretty much completely given in to this utter nonsense. People seemed mad at first and willing to push back, but most everyone now seems resigned to obey. It’s Animal Farm all over again.


25 posted on 08/04/2020 2:53:01 PM PDT by An Appeal to Heaven
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To: Leaning Right

A relative’s district is offering 3rd party remote learning, by a company already set up, equipped and trained for that.

Pubic schools and their teachers are NOT set up for remote learning.

Many parents may wisely decide it is better for their children, morally.

Now, what to do with all the idled pubic school indoctrinators (teachers)?


26 posted on 08/04/2020 2:58:35 PM PDT by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

One silver lining could be these Karen-teachers are so scared of the scary, deadly virus, they might actually cease screwing the teenage boys. For a while, at least.


27 posted on 08/04/2020 2:58:59 PM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: polymuser

> Pubic schools and their teachers are NOT set up for remote learning. <

The big school district near me most certainly is. I’ve got many friends who teach there. The problem (as usual) is meddling central administrators.

Are you ready for this? Those administrators have decreed that the minimum remote learning grade is 70%. So should a student decide to do no work at all, that student will receive a C-, and pass. Are the students aware of this? You bet they are.


28 posted on 08/04/2020 3:06:58 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: CheshireTheCat

I wonder if the mask mandaters ever look at the data showing how ineffective they are with viral transmission. Or is there some other agenda here? The governor of Texas (Abbot) was talking today about distributing 59.4 million masks to Texas schools!


29 posted on 08/04/2020 3:11:17 PM PDT by MulberryDraw (The "woke" are day dreaming.)
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To: napscoordinator

That’s true and as of this date it is 19 but the flu seems like it kills more:
Estimates of deaths in children since 2010 have ranged from 37 (2011-2012) to about 1,200 (2012-2013). CDC believes these estimated numbers of pediatric deaths are likely a better estimate of the number of pediatric flu deaths
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2018-2019.htm

Can’t click and post all the links for each year so, grabbed the first one I could


30 posted on 08/04/2020 3:15:12 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: MulberryDraw; CheshireTheCat
It's not about "health"
It is ALL about Obedience Training.

Muzzle the masses!

31 posted on 08/04/2020 3:21:11 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: CheshireTheCat

This is sick.


32 posted on 08/04/2020 3:22:42 PM PDT by ChessExpert (NAFTA - Not A Free Trade Agreement)
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To: napscoordinator
I did a quick google search and 17 kids under 5 have died from covid. Not many but wouldn’t want to be the parent of one.

Wow! 17 out of 7.7 billion people on the planet. It's a wildfire of disease!

33 posted on 08/04/2020 3:30:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (HCQ should be OTC. ... Looking for Black Market leads)
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To: MulberryDraw

I saw a Vietnamese study from 2011 of hundreds of flu patients in several hospitals. The virus spreads just like The Wuhan Red Death.

The study found 97% failure rate with cloth masks and 44% failure with medical masks in a hospital environment.

So we’re expected to blindly and stupidly believe that all the cool fashion masks will be perfectly effective in a completely uncontrolled environment. Asinine.


34 posted on 08/04/2020 3:33:36 PM PDT by cyclotic (The most dangerous people are the ones that feel the most helpless)
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To: TigersEye

You do know that I said United States and not the world right? I used to think you were smart. Something happened to your ability to read and comprehend.


35 posted on 08/04/2020 3:47:48 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Vendome

Oh wow. Thank you. I know for the most part covid Is the most overblown thing in our countries history.


36 posted on 08/04/2020 3:49:20 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: napscoordinator
I comprehend perfectly. You didn't specify at all. I do think your ridiculous straw man fits well in a discussion about 5 year olds though.

CDC: 8 more children have died of flu; 144 total March 13, 2020

Eight more children have died of flu, bringing the total to 144 this season, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. (2019-2020 flu season)

By your logic parents of those children were understanding. No complaints. People were lining up to be their parents.

37 posted on 08/04/2020 3:53:57 PM PDT by TigersEye (HCQ should be OTC. ... Looking for Black Market leads)
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To: napscoordinator
You do know that I said United States and not the world right?

You did not.

38 posted on 08/04/2020 3:56:12 PM PDT by TigersEye (HCQ should be OTC. ... Looking for Black Market leads)
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To: napscoordinator

I thought Bill Clinton was....


39 posted on 08/04/2020 4:04:53 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: TigersEye

Good grief.


40 posted on 08/04/2020 4:04:57 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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