LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Unified School District said it will prohibit students from wearing cloth masks as the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 continues to spread.
Starting Monday, students must wear"well-fitted, non-cloth masks with a nose wire" at all times, including outdoors, the district announced.The shift away from cloth masks was prompted by guidance from Los Angeles County health authorities, said Shannon Haber, a spokeswoman for LAUSD. LAUSD, the nation's second-largest school district, does allow exemptions to mask rules for some students who have a disability, medical or mental health condition that makes them unable to comply, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Health officials in Los Angeles and across the state have increasingly urged all residents to upgrade masks to surgical-grade or greater, such as N95 and KN95 masks, to protect against the omicron variant. The LA County Department of Public Health said Saturday that the seven-day testing positivity rate remained"very high" at 16%, with more than 250,000 positive virus cases reported last week.
Enough of this bull %%
No one is enforcing this…
Total bs!
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So you’re saying the school district with abysmal proficiency rates, one in four kids absent from class, and a graduation rate that is 78% is making terrible, non science based decisions? Do tell. Next thing, you’ll tell me they’re lowering standards because “racism”.
If LA_USD spent as much time focused on education as they do masks, kids may be able to get a decent education.
Still so many little unvaxxed kids in cloth masks. Let’s hope SMMUSD follows suit.
Liberal hysteria
Child development experts realize there is a huge maturity difference between 4 year old K4 students and 18 year old high school students. Good luck.
propaganda notscience childabuse
Never mind you can still get the virus with a mask. I did. Are you making them wear goggles too, making them wash their hands before entering the classroom and washing their desks?
But students can go mask less to any nfl postseason game.
That is pretty strict. A mask a mask. LAUSD needs a to chill.
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Hook in Mouth hysteria… Keep the panic alive no matter what… Then go loot a store somewhere… It’s the new normal.
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STOP SUFFICATING CHILDREN!! THIS IS CHILD ABUSE!! Goes Against California Code, Education Code - EDC § 49005.1
Let’s see if children can do a better job than their parents at wearing masks properly.
Insanity. But you will host an unmasked Super Bowl in 3 weeks?
Guess who's not good to school tomorrow
So glad I don’t have any kids
What a joke
Hypothetically speaking, we have our Olympic athletes, some woke as hell and that is ok. My question is why participate in an Olympics where the host country is truly racist, openly exterminates Uyghurs and others, locks down towns where opposition rests and covid
Wish the oc would do this!
Only in Los Angeles, all 49 other States and most countries in California have no masks (or are at least trending that way). LA Health Dept is a complete embarrassment.
Poor kids man. They are living in a bad time.
Stupid
When does it end After vaccines? Boosters? Mandates? Quarantines for exposure? Natural immunity? Theraputics? I mean really, come on
So basically a uniform. That the county had to pay for . That we the the people pay for . Sure good old Newsom has his hand in this.
and then you wonder why the birth rate is declining... geeeez- no one wants to raise a child in this world full of rules that are 'government enforced'- I'm soooo glad my kids are full grown & got to enjoy life as kids.
Please explain the purpose of wearing a mask outdoors
No wonder kids are miserable
Legit was is the point? They leave school and take those masks off and go chill with their friends after school.
Let’s talk about the real story! LAUSD removes safety protocols by eliminating closed contact tracing, notifications to parents about closed contacts in classes and removing quarantine for positive closed contacts!
Poor kids!
Roald Dahl loved children more than LAUSD.
Outdoors? GFY.
Suffocate people over a cold. Sure....
Torture !! The sack has to stop
I assume LAUSD is paying for all the mask.
Lame
That’s beyond STUPID!!!!
Outdoors? More lunacy.
Stop sending your kids to these schools for this child abuse!
Back in my time our schools had lead paint, asbestos, and MS-13.
Science!
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