{"id":541905,"date":"2021-05-26T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541905"},"modified":"2021-05-26T17:06:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T21:06:11","slug":"teachers-union-honchos-go-maskless-in-classroom-as-kids-are-forced-to-mask-even-outside-in-extreme-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teachers-union-honchos-go-maskless-in-classroom-as-kids-are-forced-to-mask-even-outside-in-extreme-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Union Honchos Go Maskless In Classroom As Kids Are Forced To Mask Even Outside In Extreme Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Fteachers-union-honchos-go-maskless-in-classroom-as-kids-are-forced-to-mask-even-outside-in-extreme-heat%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=541905&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--><p>A school district in Missouri is requiring children to wear masks outside in the sweltering heat, even as teachers union officials and school board members have not done the same.<\/p>\n<p>As temperatures neared 90 degrees in the humid South, elementary school children are required to wear masks even when playing outside at recess, leading to medical issues, according to Christine Widel, a mother in the state\u2019s Francis Howell school district in St. Charles County.<\/p>\n<p>Widel said that on Monday, her 10-year old son vomited into his mask while he was exercising outside. \u201cHe was at recess and he and his friends were playing four-square, and he started getting hot so he stepped out of the game and he pulled his gator down and was told to put it back up even though he was away from all of his friends,\u201d she told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>She said her son is a rule-follower, and he vomited into the mask, with the chunks ricocheting and covering his body. She said he had seen teachers threaten his classmates with detention for removing their masks from their mouths for any reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was mortified. He had to come home,\u201d she said. \u201cI said \u2018baby, let\u2019s just take a shower.\u2019 He looked at me and said \u2018it smells so bad.\u2019 It\u2019s just too hot outside for these babies to not have 100% oxygen flowing to their little lungs that aren\u2019t even fully developed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But the politicians who make the rules and the teachers unions who demand severe coronavirus restrictions do not always appear to subject themselves to the same restrictions they demand of small children.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri branch of the National Educators Association (NEA), the teachers union that is the largest labor group in the country, has posted numerous pictures of its members not wearing masks, including one featuring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MNEALeads\/photos\/pcb.506217704073905\/506217507407258\/\">17 retired teachers<\/a>, most with gray hair and in the age group most at risk of dying from COVID-19, nearly touching.<\/p>\n<p>A May 6 post, now deleted, appears to show union President Phil Murray and Vice President Rebeka McIntosh reading to a classroom of young children, while the union honchos are unmasked, but the children are masked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat visit at Castillo Elementary in the Francis Howell District. Thank you Francine Hill and Anita Kuehner for inviting us!\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-227965 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/masks-222x300.jpg\" alt width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/masks-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/masks-427x576.jpg 427w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/masks-768x1037.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/05\/masks.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Murray did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The union Facebook page blocks people from commenting on its posts.<\/p>\n<p>A May 20 Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChadLangeForFHSchoolBoard\/photos\/pcb.4383238368386828\/4383227118387953\">post<\/a> shows Francis Howell school board member Chad Lange conducting a ceremonial groundbreaking of a new high school as he stands inches from others, none of whom are wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>An April 12 picture from the Missouri School Boards Association shows four officials sitting just inches from each other at a speakers table, and none of them are masked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m absolutely heartbroken that these adults feel that it\u2019s ok for them to not abide by the unreasonable mask mandates that they\u2019ve set for children, the child abuse that they\u2019ve inflicted,\u201d Widel said.<\/p>\n<p>Research has shown that children are far less likely to contract or spread coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that vaccinated adults are very well protected and that healthy kids are at relatively low risk of severe illness from COVID-19. There\u2019s also evidence that kids younger than 11 or 12 are much less likely than adolescents or adults to transmit the virus if infected,\u201d MIT Medical Associate Medical Director Shawn Ferullo has <a href=\"https:\/\/medical.mit.edu\/covid-19-updates\/2021\/04\/vaccinated-adults-unvaccinated-kids\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, \u201cChildren were 0.00%-0.20% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 9 states reported zero child deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Widel said that no one wants to take responsibility for the masks, with the school district blaming the county health department, and the health department passing the buck to the schools.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers unions have been the most consistent advocates for draconian coronavirus measures, which were used to close schools for nearly a year across much of the country.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the American Federation of Teachers, the second major teachers union, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFTunion\/status\/1395858457669029888\">tweeted:<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cIn elementrary [sic] schools, until we have the vaccines, it seems like unfortuantely [sic] we still [sic] going to have to keep wearing our masks and keep social distancing because we don\u2019t want outbreaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rockwood-schools-fake-curriculum-parents-indoctrination\">Missouri School District Tells Principals To Create Fake Curriculum To Send Parents After Complaints Of Indoctrination<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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