He has already failed New York City’s children, and his insistence on keeping them masked well into the future shows he will continue to put children last in every decision he makes, writes ZacharyFaria. There is no excuse for this.
Despite lifting other restrictions and touting “record-low numbers of infections,” Adams still wants to force children under the age of 5 to wear masks, requiring them for all programs contracted by the New York City Department of Education and in classrooms. Children, who are at less risk from COVID-19 than vaccinated adults, are once again being put last by a Democratic leader, as Adams masks them and declares New York City is “winning the fight” against COVID-19.
— Mayor Eric Adams March 4, 2022 Adams is boasting about lifting mandates while enforcing them on children, who suffer the most from them and benefit the least. There is no justification whatsoever for lifting mandates across the board while forcing 4-year-olds to continue to mask. And yet here we are because Adams thinks he knows what’s best for children regardless of what the science and data show.