As mask requirements are loosened in schools around the country, experts continue to weigh in about whether they have a role in protecting students with disabilities such as health needs or immunocompromised status. A recent federal lawsuit in Virginia, brought by parents of children with disabilities including significant health needs, cites two laws, the Americans with Disabilities […]
Face Masks
A Mini-Review of the Low-Quality Evidence Underlying American Mask Policies
By now, we are all well familiar with the fickle vacillation of public health guidance around community masking. Initially, masks were simply not really effective. Shortly thereafter, they were not only effective for protecting others, but also for protecting oneself. Then they were mandated. Most recently, those cloth masks that have become commonplace, which were encouraged for nearly two […]
Democratic Governors Suddenly Lift Mask Restrictions, Fail to Admit Science
Yesterday, a number of important Democratic governors lifted mask mandates in their states. Almost to a one, they cited the changes wrought by the fast-moving and relatively mild omicron variant of the SARS-CV2 virus as the prime reason for the change. What none of them did was admit what “the Science” has shown for at […]
How to Use Bonds to Get Your Child’s School District to Drop Mask Requirements and COVID Policies
Parents across the country are using surety bonds to take down school mask mandates and tyrannical COVID policies in a clever, little-known loophole that can hold schools, superintendents and board members accountable. In one Illinois county, a mother saved her entire school district and forced them to drop their mask mandate by filing a claim […]
Why Are We Still Forcing Children to Wear Face Masks?
As we enter into our third year of “15 days to slow the spread,” schools across the nation are doubling down on efforts to control the spread of a virus that is mild and mostly asymptomatic in children. They’ve realized cloth masks do almost nothing to stop respiratory droplets from passing through — something leading […]