It's Time to Unmask the Children
Our 'leaders' have placed kids last. It is time to step up and fight for the future.
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti talking with others at the Super Bowl while all of them are unmasked.
Last weekend, millions of people gathered in homes and businesses across the country to watch the Super Bowl. As one of America’s largest cultural events, it brings together friends and families for a few hours to drink, eat, yell, cry, and cheer. This year the Super Bowl was hosted in Los Angeles in the newly built Sofi Stadium. I now live in Nashville, but as a native Angelino with immediate family members still located in SoCal, I was frustrated by the fact that political and social elites sat in their seats without their masks, regardless of whether or not they were eating or drinking.
To those who know me, this statement might sound surprising. I dislike masks. I am not a doctor, but my own research has shown me that they are ineffective at preventing the spread of Covid-19 and other diseases unless used properly (which they are not), and it is an N-95 mask (which most people’s are not). Cloth masks are especially useless in protecting both the wearer and the people around them. Yet my brother, a high school student, is still forced to wear one in school while the rich and powerful are allowed to socialize and live their lives uninterrupted by mandates and other restrictions of liberty. Californians, unfortunately, have become completely blind to the corruption and dishonesty that is so pervasive in the state’s politics.
This is not a problem unique to California. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently posted a video on social media of herself dancing without a mask inside in close proximity to others. She railed against Florida’s governor Ron Desantis and the state’s laissez-faire approach to mask mandates yet was pictured in the state not wearing a mask. Dr. Anthony Fauci, since switching his position on masks early in the pandemic, has been caught multiple times not wearing a mask or social distancing while with others. The amount of times that powerful people have been discovered ignoring the same rules that they put in place or fiercely advocated for is astounding.
It is even more astounding to me that after all the lies and corruption have been exposed countless times, people still believe that mask mandates should be kept in place. After all the damage that we have done to children, people still want to force them to keep their faces hidden behind useless, uncomfortable pieces of cloth. NBC News reported a 22% spike for E.R. visits because of attempted suicides by teens between the summers of 2019 and 2020, and nearly a 40% spike for the winter months in the same years. For teenage girls, an alarming 50% spike in attempts to take their own lives.
This data has now been available for almost 2 years, yet there has been no significant change in the policies and strategies of media outlets, politicians, school boards, and teachers. While some have realized the damage these policies have done to young people, too many still want to enforce these cruel and unusual punishments onto the least at risk from Covid-19. Recently it does feel like there has been an awakening to the problematic nature of mask mandates in schools and the physicological impact they can have on developing humans. Countless videos of parents speaking at school board meetings about the damage they have seen inflicted upon their children’s mental state have surfaced on social media only to be summarily dismissed and ignored by board members and school administrators. Even some Democrats have begun to change their tune on masks in schools and more generally.
So is this change in policy from members of the left a reaction to changing science and new discoveries? I seriously doubt it. All the statistics in this article are from the first year of the pandemic and have been available for over a year. Cloth masks have been studied for decades and we knew what their effectiveness against viruses was before the pandemic began. Their new messages are motivated by basic political incentives, the most obvious being reelection. Joe Biden is now one of the most unpopular presidents in American history, and his VP, Mrs. Harris, is even less popular. Stacey Abrams was just categorically rebuked for her thoughtless move to pose in front of elementary kids all masked while she sat there, maskless and grinning from ear to ear.
Stacey Abrams is pictured maskless, while young kids around her are forced to keep them on.
Historically, the current President’s party has almost always lost congressional seats in the midterm elections, so it is expected that Republicans will take back at least one of the two houses of Congress. Recent polling data has shown just how unpopular and how dissatisfied the American people are, and internal Democrat polls must be showing something similar. Do not believe the people who say that ‘the science has changed’ or that Sleepy Joe has somehow ended the pandemic.
The policies pushed forward by “medical professionals” and liberal politicians have nothing to do with science. It never has. It is about control. It has always been about control. The same people screaming to “follow the science” will ignore any scientific discoveries that go against their narrative and elevate anything that supports it or helps their reelection. Remember that when you return to the ballot box next year. Remember what they did last time you allowed them to invade your liberties and enforce their version of morality and goodness onto you. Remember what your children had to endure every single day. Do not vote for the people who have only ever wanted to control your life and lord power over you. And please, take off your mask, smile at a stranger when you walk by. It will go a long way in helping to restore trust in your neighbors and the mental state of your children.