Emails Show Biden’s CDC Caved To Teachers Union Pressure To Mask Students

[mystery-ak]

 Emails Show Biden’s CDC Caved To Teachers Union Pressure To Mask Students
September 8, 2021 By Jordan Davidson

The Biden administration bowed to the nation’s largest teachers union and changed its masking guidance for schools in May, newly discovered emails from Americans for Public Trust indicate.

One day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on May 13 that fully vaccinated people did not have to wear masks, the National Education Association threatened the White House with a scathing letter demanding an explanation.

The NEA’s first draft of the letter demanding clarification on masking complained that the CDC “releasing the guidance without accompanying school-related updates creates confusion and fuels the internal politicization of this basic health and safety issue.”

“CDC has consistently said, and studies support, that mitigation measures, including to protect the most vulnerable, remain necessary in schools and institutions of higher education – particularly because no elementary or middle school students, and few high school students, have been vaccinated,” the draft continued. “This will also make it hard for school boards and leaders of institutions of higher education to do the right thing by maintaining mitigation measures. We need CDC clarification right away.”

more
https://thefederalist.com/2021/09/08/emails-show-bidens-cdc-caved-to-teachers-union-pressure-to-mask-students/

[Polly Ticks]

[catfish1957]

I have a ton of respect for teachers, but none for their union.

Question....   How do teachers who basically are working in an era and environment where students are out of control in classroom discipline, expect they can tell a student to put on, and keep on a mask?

[Cyber Liberty]

I thought we already knew this?

[mountaineer]

On the efficacy of MASKS:

Marty Makary MD, MPH
@MartyMakary
·
16h
Finally, a randomized controlled cluster trial on masks!
In summary:
Cloth masks had no benefit
Surgical masks had a modest benefit, reducing symptomatic seroprevalence by 11.2% (0.76% in the control group v. 0.67% in the mask group)
9:43 PM · Sep 8, 2021

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/94399
Are We Wearing the Wrong Masks?— A cluster RCT suggests surgical masks may be more effective
by Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH September 8, 2021

... The Results

The primary findings include:

    *Cloth masks had no advantage over the control arm (no intervention), but surgical masks showed a modest, statistically significant benefit
    *The surgical mask intervention reduced symptomatic seroprevalence by 11.2%; the endpoint -- COVID-19 symptoms followed by a positive COVID-19 test -- occurred in 0.76% of people in the control group compared to 0.67% for those assigned to surgical mask villages ...

[Kamaji]

I have a ton of respect for teachers, but none for their union.

Question....   How do teachers who basically are working in an era and environment where students are out of control in classroom discipline, expect they can tell a student to put on, and keep on a mask?

Even amongst teachers, it's getting harder and harder to find individuals who are worthy of the trust and respect the profession has historically been given.