{"id":8433,"date":"2022-03-18T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8433"},"modified":"2022-03-18T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:46:50","slug":"lausd-continues-masking-despite-mandate-expiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8433","title":{"rendered":"LAUSD Continues Masking Despite Mandate Expiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week, state officials announced that from March 12th, California will <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article258876893.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">no longer require school children to wear masks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said they will shift to mask recommendations but not mandates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right after the announcement, Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAUSDSup\/status\/1498467670965960708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1498467670965960708%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2F2022%2F02%2Flos-angeles-lausd-outdoor-mask-mandate-lifts-monday-1234931499%2F\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alberto Carvalho<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said that, \u201cwe respect the voices of all stakeholders, and as such, we will remain engaged with our labor partners, employees and families as we maintain and seek practices that are protective, responsive and in the best interest of our school communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students and their families have not been consulted about the mask mandates for students. The United Teachers of Los Angeles are insisting on keeping mask mandates, which means that it will be required for half a million kids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though thousands of people are able to go to athletic events such as SuperBowl, concerts without mask on and students should struggle all day in classrooms wearing masks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is much evidence that shows that masks don\u2019t work and don&#8217;t help with stopping any of the diseases, it\u2019s only giving hard times for students to breathe. Brain is is not receiving the oxygen which may cause lots of health problems if you are having a hard time to breathe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Marty Makary said, \u201ccovering a child\u2019s face mutes these nonverbal forms of communication and can result in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/masks-children-parenting-schools-mandates-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-biden-administration-cdc-11628432716\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">robotic and emotionless interactions, anxiety and depression<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Seeing people speak is a building block of phonetic development. It is especially important for children with disabilities such as hearing impairment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A retired doctor and engineer, Scott Sturman, also spoke on this issue and said, \u201cMasking children is likely <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/02\/28\/medical-institutions-ignore-the-obvious-damage-mask-mandates-are-doing-to-childrens-language-development\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worsening linguistic and emotional development<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as masking nullifies the crucial contribution of facial expression. The inflicted damage could be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brownstone.org\/articles\/the-damage-of-masking-children-could-be-irreparable\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">irreparable<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We humans are social creatures, who communicate through complex languages and facial gestures. Our personalities are ingrained in these unique expressions, which impart visual messages that words alone cannot convey.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L.A. County is one of the counties which struggled the most in the time of the pandemic. Its Supervisors kept people locked in their houses, they killed thousands of businesses and they didn\u2019t listen to people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\"><figcaption>Photo Cred: Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"main-content\">\n<article id=\"post-227487\" class=\"post-227487 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-newsletters category-whatmatters tag-covid-19 tag-gavin-newsom tag-k-12-education tag-legislator-card tag-public-health entry\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-6234e136d864a wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background calmatters-summary\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size calmatters-summary-heading\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Sasha Reva Last week, state officials announced that from March 12th, California will no longer require school children to wear masks. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said they will shift to mask recommendations but not mandates. 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