Andrea Howe / CNC
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Recipe developer & Certified Nutrition Coach focused on healthy, high protein, high fiber foods to help fuel us through middle age and beyond. IG @howe .we.live
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At Disneyland with the family and probably 50% of toddlers are strapped in their strollers on iPads or phones. At Disneyland. We are so screwed
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Women were dismissed and sidelined for talking about this in the open for fear it would hurt vaccination efforts. How does public health regain trust after one debacle after another?
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My 16 yo daughter on the long drive home last night said “I feel like I’m grieving something I’ve never had.”
And I pretty much can’t stop thinking about that.
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Just left our tiny local sushi restaurant where I saw 2 acquaintances who are doctors (one a ped & other CoS at big local hospital), and they dined in for an hour, then put on masks to walk out. This is a *perfect* example of why I’ve lost faith in med establishment last 2 yrs
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I will never get over what we did to kids the last 19 months and seems like a lot of other moms feel the same.
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Our elementary school canceled passing out valentines cards. I was gonna let it go but you know what, I’m so tired of our kids having to sacrifice stuff. kids have 6 years of elementary school to pass out cards, and we’re gonna take away 1/3 of those years? I just sent an email.
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Today I feel very hopeless in California. We’re thinking of doing some renovations on our house and maybe we should use it to instead buy a plot of land in another state.
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Nervous to post but what the heck. I stand by what I said. I will never regret advocating for our kids when the evidence was clear. Here’s Part 1 (can’t post longer clip)
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Yes, I would rather have all 3 of my kids deal with subs and “off” classes for 2-4 weeks as this wave passes, than schools shut down. They need and deserve consistency and routine. They need their friends. They need to know they can count on school being a stable place.
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If you truly see no downsides to having little kids mask for 2.5 years, and think it’s perfectly reasonable to do so indefinitely, we will never see eye to eye. We are living on 2 different planets and it’s really just a futile conversation.
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I went public again because at this stage of the pandemic, after doing my part for well over a year, if someone wants to accuse me of being a covid denier or anti-mask because I am asking for metrics and offramps to end what we're doing to kids, that's more on them than me.
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Just left Costco. Maybe 25% masked, the lowest it’s ever been? Either twitter isn’t real life or people are done done done. This was in Orange County, California
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I cannot take you seriously if you cite the Bangladesh study as proof that masks work.
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It would go a long way if people like Leana Wen would stop and say, “I’m sorry, I see the harm our restrictions caused and i want to do better.”
Instead she just acts like she didn’t support school closures and endless masking and wants to now be seen as rational and balanced.
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Stop saying “but wearing a mask is such a small thing.” You’re right, & I happily did it for a year+ and encouraged others to. It’s that there’s now no off ramp. Where does it end? We have 3 effective vaccines. 99% ppl getting hospitalized are unvaxxed. Covid is endemic.
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The absurdity of masks in dental offices is just too much. Checked in my son at orthodontist, he puts on mask to immediately walk back to get teeth checked, where he takes it off. Why?! We just wasted a mask that’ll land up in the landfill or ocean for 15 seconds of use!
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This week was the turning point. The dam is breaking. NPR, WaPo, NYT, The Atlantic, SF Chronicle and more. Don’t ease up. Post on Facebook. Talk to friends. Send emails to CDPH if In California or whoever else you need to in your state. Enough is enough.
#UrgencyOfNormal
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How are people still using masks are like seatbelts analogies 2 years in?
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How do we stand up for girls and women in today’s culture without being accused of transphobia and labeled a bigot? How do we make space for everyone without marginalizing each group? This topic hit close this past weekend at a volleyball tournament. I don’t know what to do
Lia Thomas just took first place at the 2022 NCAA Division 1 Women's Swimming & Diving Championships in the 500 freestyle.
#SaveWomensSports
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Yesterday I was happy. Today I’m pissed. Parents like me have been PLEADING to get masks off kids for mos, and we’ve been treated like crap. We’ve lost friends, work, time & energy. We’ve been villainized in the media. And now it’s all ok to say what we’ve been saying all along
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My husbands theory: there wasn’t this intense focus on young kids last year because we generally understood they were safe & it’s about protecting grandma (and adults in general). Now that we’re relatively safe, adults seem to be concentrating *all* fears on kids. True? False?
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How jacked up is it that our Governor knows when he’s dropping the school mask mandate and has known for several weeks, but he’s keeping us all waiting till the arbitrary date of 2/28. Stop messing with our kids lives and just get on with it already. Ridiculous
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In past 3 weeks since my kids have been unmasked, I’ve been exceptionally productive at work and in my personal life. Advocating for normal for our kids was taking up a huge amount of mental and emotional energy. More than I even realized. I very much want this for everyone else
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What kind of world do we live in where the parents who are advocating for normalcy for their kids are considered selfish but those who want restrictions in place so kids can protect adults who don’t want to protect themselves are considered virtuous?
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I feel like the whole “upgrade your mask” line is a sleight of hand for admitting the masks the majority of Americans have been wearing for the last 2 years don’t work.
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Being pro-vaccine but anti-vaccine mandate, like I am, is not an ethically or morally inconsistent position.
BREAKING: An anti-vax Illinois teacher who ranted at school board meetings for months against vaccine mandates was — wait for it — actually VACCINATED all along.
Why would someone do that? 🤨
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A friend of mine who's a MS teacher spent a good portion of last week emailing every board member, the superintendent and principal urging for mask choice for kids. She said "the kids are a mess, I hae never seen anything like it." Some teachers are speaking up but we need more
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@RidleyDM
Yes, because a 46 yo woman popping on twitter for 1 minute to send a tweet is exactly like a developing 2 year old staring at a screen for long periods of time??
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My friend’s child hasn’t been recommended for speech therapy for his prominent tongue thrust because…teacher hasn’t been able to see his tongue in over a year due to the mask. It’s the tail end of 3rd grade. Early intervention matters. Mom now speaking up & requesting eval
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So many exhausted parents I know are just thankful the schools are open. But school shouldn’t just be a place that’s open. It’s supposed to be a place where kids thrive. Many schools are not at all operating in a way that allows kids to thrive.
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And just like that, no more masks at my OB’s office.
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My Covid + post will say “I got vaccinated and proceeded to live my life. I have no idea where I got it and I don’t really care. No regrets.”
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All I want is a coherent explanation why other countries, notably the UK, are not masking kids (and never did mask kids under 12), and we are. Preferably someone from the CDC or the outspoken epis and peds on here. 1/2
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LBUSD - I heard a couple teachers asked their students to keep masks on yesterday because of elderly parents. A few thoughts 1. adults protect kids, not other way around 2. Seniors need to get boosted & Paxlovid if needed. 3. We oversold the effectiveness of masks.
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I cannot understand the logic required to think a healthy vaccinated kid needs a KN95. Do these parents still think their child is at risk and needs to avoid exposure at all costs? No one I know will help me understand this. I’m sincerely confused.
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Covid is real. I have family members who have been hospitalized with it. But this idea that anyone who catches it ends up on a ventilator is so bizarre.
If you don’t want to wear a mask or get vaccinated, you are really gonna hate having a respirator tube down your throat and wearing diapers
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Got sucked into the feed of a guy claiming it’s really a toss up which would be worse to catch; HIV or Covid. So that’s how my day started 🙃
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Remember a couple months back when some PH folks and journalists admitted cloth masks are ineffective, like they’d been saying it all along, and everyone just sorta moved along and then we continued to double down on masks? Like, what happened with that??
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@thechosenberg
@wil_da_beast630
This is a banger LMAO “we’re not great people” wow i love the honesty but what is even the purpose of this post??
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Casually asked one of my kids why one of their friends never takes their mask off, even outside. They said because they just like it. “A lot of kids do, mom.” Some will say “see, kids don’t mind!” But this impulse to want to cover ones own face feels pretty bleak to me.
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@esanzi
I’ve got a teen son and a teen daughter as well as 8 teen nieces and nephews. This is absolutely not a thing and never has been
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It’s so crazy to look back at posts from 2+ years ago and think, wow, a lot of us kinda lost our minds for a bit didn’t we?
Authorities filled a skate park in Venice Beach with sand to deter people from gathering there amid coronavirus-related restrictions. Although the park had been closed, groups were continuing to gather at the park, disregarding social distancing.
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How are all the child mask zealots explaining how 99.9% of American schools are now mask-free, and despite Covid being the most contagious it’s ever been, single cases in classrooms aren’t causing mass infections?
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First day of school in our district in Southern California and not a mention of Covid. Some kids still wearing masks but other than that, an otherwise normal year.
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Well I did it! Almost cried I was so emotional but husband said I was bleeping awesome 😆
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Friends in California, if your district is not intending to align with cdph guidelines, please drop a line below letting us know which district you’re in. I want to do what I can to help get your kids unmasked as well. We can’t give up until all kids are allowed mask choice ❤️
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Renewed mask mandates are stupid not because it’s about “freedom” and “compliance” but because there’s zero quality evidence masks work and that mandates do any bit of good. Demand quality evidence for such measures & they all fall short. It’s stupid to do things that don’t work.
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“But kids don’t mind wearing masks!”
Stop what you’re doing and watch this.
Kids at a Las Vegas elementary school burst out into cheers after learning they no longer have to wear a mask to school
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@guypbenson
People want the Jews to just sit back and take it they finally pushed back now and people are mad?? Give me a break.
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Whelp. Son’s jazz band competition at UNLV at end of Jan cancelled due to Omicron. FU€K!!!! I’m sorry I try not to ever curse on here esp the F word but I’m so tired of us doing this to kids. Is the Super Bowl cancelled!?!!
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And here we go. They are not letting this go. I TOLD YOU YOU WERE BEING NAIVE THINKING KIDS VAX WAS THE OFF RAMP!!!!
CDC Dr. Rochelle Walensky says that even if kids get vaccinated (per FDA approval) schools should still have mask mandates
"As we head into these winter months, we cannot be complacent."
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Last night, someone posted an article about the mask mandate dropping in California schools and said “Now can y’all stop whining?” And I can’t get over it. 24 hours later and it still makes my stomach turn to think this is how some people look at the situation.
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My daughter is a Junior and she’s never had a normal year of high school and at this rate she never will.
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@Annatated
You know it’s going to get removed when they are booked in custody right? and their mugshot will then be public record. Don’t be so naive. You really think they’re all wearing masks because of a medical condition? Beyond silly.
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I try not to engage in personal attacks on here so forgive me if this seems mean, but is James purposely being obtuse or is he just not very bright?
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I don’t have the words to describe how loathsome I think this man is. The audacity, to oversee the biggest disaster to fall on public education and kids mental health in the modern era, and then try to play the hero, when his policies are what led to the disaster.
NEW: CA just launched a $4.7 BILLION Plan for Kids' Mental health.
That means:
- More counselors in our schools
- More accessible and affordable care for parents
- Less stigma around mental healthcare
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Do you know how far it would go if today, Psaki had said something to the effect of “Schools shouldn’t be taking Covid mitigation to the extremes that may potentially harm kids. We want them safe but by reasonable means.” It would do 2 things 1/?
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What is happening?! Ted Lieu is calling for ph to recognize natural immunity? Polling must be really bad
With the rapid decline of Omicron, pandemic restrictions will be lifted sooner rather than later. In considering when to do so, health officials must factor in natural immunity, not just vaccination rates. This CDC chart recognizes natural immunity and so should health officials.
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@natbiase
Correct. At 5’10”I was 125lbs most of my young life into college and early adulthood but I was a skinny rail. Just how I was built. No muscle. She looks great and has lots of muscle. She definitely doesn’t look like she weighs 123 nor should she have to!
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Interesting that two of the worst takes in the last day on Covid and kids have come from women who don’t have kids.
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It’s pouring rain in SoCal so I’m keeping my 9 year old home and taking him to see Santa so he doesn’t have to eat lunch in the rain
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Like, I sewed and donated masks, faithfully wore them for 15 months +, socially distanced, vaxxed my 2 teens with a vax that was still under EUA, and you're gonna call me anti-mask or accuse me of not taking it seriously? Stop it. I just want an off ramp!!!
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Listening to the latest
@ZDoggMD
pod and I’ll tell you, if anyone is going to present info that will get me to vaccinate our 9 year old sooner rather than later, it’s him. Seriously, he should provide messaging consulting services to the CDC. So compassionate & logical
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Our
#UrgencyOfNormal
friends need our support. Make sure to show them how much they are appreciated because they’re being attacked and vilified by many unhinged voices on here. They will be shown to be on the right side of history ❤️
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Do you eat your lunch outside on a bucket on the WH lawn, Jen? You know, since that would definitely be “safest”?? Do you??
Gosh this grinds my gears.
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@PressSec
describes silent lunch and eating outside in the cold as “creative steps that schools have taken” to keep students safe. Psaki also shares that it’s “no big deal” for her three-year-old to mask inside and eat lunch outside. DC has mild winters!
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I’m gonna mind my own business but I really want to tell the 4-5 people who still wear surgical masks to indoor spin class that they don’t work at all once soaked in sweat.
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Every person who has dismissed the prolonged masking of children and said “they don’t mind” and “there are no harms” is a clown and I hope they feel deep embarrassment some day.
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Her answer today was just so…awful. Fatalistic, prideful, stupid, anti-science nonsense. It’s just embarrassing
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I was one of those people,who at the end of our devastating winter wave in January, I looked at that surge and said “But we all masked! And we kept our schools closed. And our salons and restaurants!”
And that’s when my eyes were opened. I’ll never forget that pit in my stomach
In case anyone needs a reminder of how well the mask mandate worked last winter...
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Looking at colleges for my son how we looked at colleges for my daughter. Then - how did they handle Covid and now - how are they handling protests? Easy litmus test. Turns out there’s a big overlap there.
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If parents don’t stand up and demand normal for their kids after the absolute bull$hit that’s about to go down at the Super Bowl in a couple weeks, there’s no hope for them. I have a bad feeling I’m about to lose a lot of respect for some people very soon.
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@mualphaxi
WTF is that?? As a food blogger and recipe developer I hate this with the fire of a thousand burning suns
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Just in case you’re wondering, they’re still making birthing mothers wear masks in California :-/
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1. It would start to unwind fear of still scared parents. Make them think “ok, maybe we don’t need to go to these lengths to keep them safe.” 2. It would give parents who want normalcy for kids hope. Instead she doubled down. Never admitting you’re wrong is horrible.
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A little boy from my son’s elementary school did speak though and I swear that 7 year old did more to change anyone’s mind than all 10 adult speakers combined. I *did* cry when he spoke ❤️
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I’m just flabbergasted about the flagrant disregard for the current SOE and mask mandates. 60,000 screaming unmasked fans can spend hours together in a crowded indoor stadium but it’s not safe for my kids to learn and socialize to do the same.
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Just a mom with a Communications degree from UCSB and a freakishly weird obsession with research, I bucked the system and decided to dose 8 weeks apart for my 2 teens in JUNE 2021!!! 8 months later, CDC catches up with the data. Embarrassing. Unbelievably embarrassing
In updates published today,
@CDCgov
now says re: time between first and second COVID-19 vaccine shots that
"an 8-week interval may be optimal for some people ages 12 years and older, especially for males ages 12–39 years"
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@nataliapetrzela
@ZacBissonnette
Do these people really not hear themselves?? When will this insanity stop??
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Yes, rare possibility one of my children may develop MIS-C from Covid. What exactly do you want me to do with that? Live in fear forever? One of them may get seriously injured in a car crash. I still allowed my 16 yo to get her license. In the old days that would make me rational
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Our little dude, after they came in from PE, decided to tell his teacher he wanted to go into the maskless classroom the school has now set up. He went with a buddy along about about 8 other kids & said it was fun. Got their work done with an hour to spare, so they played kahoot
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I know everyone loves to bash on
@MonicaGandhi9
as being naïve, but I think it shows her deep trust (now unfounded) in PH wanting to protect people. Hopefully now she sees the PH institution as just another government bureaucratic apparatus. But I genuinely appreciate her trying.
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This will not age well. You are on the wrong side of history my dude.
This is complete and utter nonsense. Wearing a mask in the classroom doesn't make that experience "not normal." The very fact that masking and vaccinations have allowed in-person learning with limited in-school spread as a result should be highlighted, not downplayed.
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Our district has been pretty awesome all things considered so i was especially surprised by this silly decision.
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Telling kids to “Wear a mask or you’ll kill grandma” is one of the most fucked yo things we did, and we wonder why their mental health has suffered the last 2 years. No one should be forced to carry that weight, let alone kids.
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People who don’t follow me think I’m upset they are dining in and not staying home lol
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If 2 years ago you’d told me I’d grow tiny crushes in my mom heart for random mathematicians and scientists on Twitter who stand up for kids, I’d tell you you were crazy. But here I am. Thanks, Wes.
I didn't put words in your mouth Gregg. I asked *you* to put words in your mouth, about what *you* really think about restrictions on kids, after you have repeatedly disparaged people who think they go to far, without defending what you think yourself.
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This tweet is being ratioed because a large portion of CNN’s audience can’t accept the fact that schools were known to be safe in Summer of 2020 but we completely ignored evidence because of politics & union pressure. Ppl are still trying to claim “we didn’t know!!” Yes we did.
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@GavinNewsom
Maybe you need to stop adding to the heated rhetoric with the histrionics about the other side?
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As an advocate of
#UrgencyOfNormal
I’d say you can’t bring people back by masking my 9 year old nor can you prevent more death by masking my 9 year old. If you think otherwise, please show your work. How many more years of his childhood must be sacrificed to save 1 person?
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I can’t imagine what it’s like to put your neck out there as more of a harms reduction “alt-middle” scientist/doc/ph person. You take so much crap from both sides. I for one am grateful for
@MonicaGandhi9
guidance in last year because she was the first one in Ca to speak up! 1/2
“Yes. I truly believe we’re panicking way too much about the variants.” (Gandhi, Feb ‘21).
“I genuinely with all my heart apologize for anyone who continues to try to scare you about variants.” (Gandhi, Mar ‘21).
“What we know about the Delta variant is reassuring.” (July ‘21)
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The unhinged & disproportionate reaction to the urgency of normal effort, 2 years into this pandemic after multiple life-saving vaccines and therapeutics are available, on the levels not seen since drama of GBD, is mind boggling. Who knew unmasking kids would be so controversial
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I voted for Biden. Kids need to be in school and we have 2 years worth of data proving schools are safe and we have vaccines and boosters and therapeutics. Stop with this already.
Bunch of right wing douches decided to pile on teachers who are like putting their lives at risk to teach
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Newsom wants to end school masks, but teachers say not yet - POLITICO
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Dutifully wore one for 18 mos! Sewed & donated them even. But I object to my 3 vaxxed & Covid recovered kids continuing to have to wear them for 7 hours a day while learning and trying to communicate & socialize during key developmental years of their life. Also, faces matter
Of all the things in this pandemic, I don't think I expected such a fuss over wearing masks.
I mean, they are a bit annoying, but that's all really.
There are a lot harder things in life to have to do.
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