{"id":1503033,"date":"2022-06-04T07:04:05","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T11:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1503033"},"modified":"2022-06-04T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T11:04:10","slug":"nyc-parents-still-fighting-to-end-toddler-mask-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-parents-still-fighting-to-end-toddler-mask-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Parents Still Fighting to End Toddler Mask Mandate"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fnyc-parents-still-fighting-to-end-toddler-mask-mandate%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=1503033&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 class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">American News<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Jun 3, 2022 11:25 AM<br \/>\n                                EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                            &#8220;I want to remove masks and see our babies\u2019 faces as quickly as possible&#8221; Adams said this week, giving no timetable for when he&#8217;d lift the mandate.\n                        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>This week NYC parents condemned mayor Eric Adams as he continues to uphold his mask mandate for children under five.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/02\/parents-blast-mayor-eric-adams-for-keeping-toddler-mask-mandate\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em> reports<\/a>, mother Ana Jelenkovic said \u201cI find it all very dystopian and depressing that as a society and as a city we have come to just accept this policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In March, Adams promised to remove the mask mandate on April 4. But the mayor cited a brief spike in Covid-19 cases from to the Omicron variant for delaying the mask removal. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;I want to remove masks and see our babies\u2019 faces as quickly as possible&#8221; Adams said this week, giving no timetable for when he&#8217;d lift the mandate. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>COVID-19 vaccines are currently unavailable for children under five, which Adams maintains as his primary reason for the mask mandate. The rule is limited to indoor spaces but is heavily enforced within city institutions such as public schools and daycares.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Parents are fed up with the likely possibility their kids will be masked through the next school year. Mother Danielle Pollack said, &#8220;it makes me question whether New York City is the right place to raise my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Adams was elected<a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-eric-adams-wins-new-york-mayoral-primary\/\"> last November <\/a>on what he described as a centrist platform. But as <em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/eric-adams-outlines-his-covid-plan-before-taking-office-as-mayor-of-new-york-city\">Post Millennial <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/eric-adams-outlines-his-covid-plan-before-taking-office-as-mayor-of-new-york-city\">reported<\/a> his Covid policies were mostly a continuation of those set forth by his predecessor. When faced with criticism over these policies, especially the masking of toddlers, Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/nyc-mom-who-criticized-mayor-adams-toddler-mask-mandate-fired-from-city-position\">fired city official Daniela Jampel.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In NYC Covid cases have been on the decline since the Omicron bump and over 75 percent of the city is vaccinated. Children are the least affected by the more deadly effects of Covid but can be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/diseases-and-conditions\/coronavirus-outbreak-and-kids\">vector of transmission<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Father Brian Robinson called the mask mandate \u201cabsurdity in its most pure form&#8221; expressing the unfairness of putting the onus on the youngest children. Adams himself <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-tests-positive-for-covid-19\">tested positive for COVID-19<\/a> this year after being spotted maskless at several indoor events.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>This is not the first time parents have criticized Mayor Adams and his Covid policy for kids. In May, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/new-york-parents-demand-eric-adams-drop-toddler-mask-mandate\">several parents signed an open letter l<\/a>obbying for the toddler mask mandate to be lifted.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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