{"id":1118480,"date":"2021-12-14T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118480"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:29:15","slug":"california-proudly-forcing-young-toddlers-to-mask-up-for-the-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-proudly-forcing-young-toddlers-to-mask-up-for-the-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"California Proudly Forcing Young Toddlers to Mask Up for the Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-proudly-forcing-young-toddlers-to-mask-up-for-the-next-month%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118480&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1209895797-e1639508183625-639x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">California is forcing young toddlers to wear a mask for the next month, describing the decision as an \u201cadded layer of mitigation\u201d against the Omicron variant, which public health officials have described as mild.<\/p>\n<p>The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the mandate, which goes into effect on Wednesday, December 15, on Monday, \u201crequiring masks to be worn in all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status.\u201d It will last until January 15, 2022.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis new measure brings an added layer of mitigation as the Omicron variant, a Variant of Concern as labeled by the World Health Organization, is detected across California, the United States, and the world and is likely to spread more easily than the original SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Delta variant,\u201d the CDPH said in a statement, claiming that the month of masking will bring an \u201cadditional protection to individuals, families and communities during the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The CDPH also claimed the masking requirement has allowed California to keep schools open. Florida has never had a statewide mask mandate and does not mandate it in schools, and they remain open without any more issue than any other state.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden State\u2019s mask requirement applies to virtually everyone, including toddlers, as only those ages under two are exempt.&nbsp;The only other exemptions apply to individuals \u201cwith a medical condition, mental health condition, or disability that prevents wearing a mask,\u201d as well as the hearing impaired.<\/p>\n<p>The final exemption exists for \u201cpersons for whom wearing a mask would create a risk to the person related to their work, as determined by local, state, or federal regulators or workplace safety guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, prior to Thanksgiving, Santa Cruz County in California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/11\/24\/california-county-mandates-masks-in-private-homes-ahead-of-holiday\/\">issued<\/a> a mask mandate for all indoor settings including private homes, requiring \u201call individuals to wear a face covering when indoors regardless of vaccination status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The moves are reminiscent of the mandates imposed on the American people during the holiday season of 2020, when Democrat leaders issued mask mandates and attempted to place <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2020\/11\/11\/it-begins-cuomo-issues-lockdown-orders-private-homes-just-before-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">capacity limits<\/a> on gatherings in private homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California is forcing young toddlers to wear a mask for the next month, describing the decision as an \u201cadded layer of mitigation\u201d against the Omicron variant, which public health officials &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}