Forcing children to wear a mask is child abuse. The Left failed children.

I suspect some are reacting to reducing numbers (cases, hospitalizations, deaths) and predicted reductions in those numbers. And hopefully those numbers will continue. I also suspect some decisions are being made based on politics. Again, hopefully the numbers will continue to support these decisions.

Because, we have already seen in the relatively short history of COVID-19 some decisions were made too hastily, restrictions were lifted too soon, and the numbers suddenly rose. Again, hopefully that doesn't happen in this case. Because if it does, many that are making these decisions will likely not take responsibility. We have seen that here in Texas. And certainly won't expect those most vocal critical of anti-COVID-19 policies to accept their share of responsibility for any increases in infections.

 

As I said in the "It's over" thread, politicians will act on politics..

The removing of mask and other mandates though is backed by data so there is good reason to do it and not just because Democratic governors are acting spineless.

Anyway isn't this what we want our elected leaders to do? Look at the evidence and listen to the people and make a decision taking both into account.

We just can't get away from ideology and partisanship to take the win...

 

It has certainly been over "politics"...

 

So what do you want? Do you want these Democratic governors to NOT LIFT MANDATES because there isn't consensus?

You're making my point. You can't just take the win for something that you are pushing for just because you continue to want to press ideological grievance.

 

So you don't want these measure to end because you didn't agree with how political leaders decided to institute them in the first place?

You're just giving a laundry list of grievances when you're getting what you want.

Ah so it's about getting back at other Clutchfans. Yes even more reason to criticize Democrats for lifting mandates.

This is just another example of how many are twisting themselves into rhetorical pretzels over this.
"I WANT MANDATES TAKEN DOWN!"
"Ok mandates are coming down..."
"ANGRY NOISES!"

And if by science you mean hard data, yes that is changing. I don't know how many times I need to post this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=COV...512j69i60l3.8129j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
New infection numbers are plummeting. There is much more evidence now that vaccination and previous infection give protection from severe disease. The "science" is showing that while COVID isn't gone we are getting to where we can deal with it.

That doesn't mean there might not be a new variant that changes things. As we should all know things change and can change fast. The problem though is that I agree there are social and economic costs to keeping these measures going for something we don't know when or if it will happen.

Again this is ignorance of science on all sides. Science isn't about certainties so yes things change and predictions don't always pan out. From the policy standpoint you have to consider what likelihoods there are. With a NOVEL DISEASE it should've been completely expected that things would change as we learn more about it.

 

Also just to point out I'm not picking on you just because you're ideologically not aligned with me. I made very similar arguments towards "progressives" over infrastructure. I even wrote to my representative over her refusal to support the Bipartisan infrastructure bill even though she said it had many things that she wanted.

 

My daycare just sent out an announcement reaffirming their decision to continue masking indefinitely.

I asked them what they are basing their decision on and what will affect it going forward, and I got basically a bunch of non-response word salad.

I'm 99% certain they don't want to keep doing this and are simply terrified of the backlash from the overwhelmingly liberal customer base they serve.

 

Odd... no mention of "the children", children's health, or any individual's health for that matter. Instead, focus on politics. On politicians, and measures politicians took to address the pandemic. And how these measures impacted civil liberties. Complaints about science. And... an effort to claim he was right all along.

But not one mention of children.