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Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis
The study's publication simultaneously vindicates Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been a vocal opponent of the policy due to its lack of scientific evidence.
When analyzing more than 90,000 elementary school students in 169 Georgia schools from Nov. 16 to Dec. 11 last year, the
study found that
schools that "required mask use among students was not statistically significant compared with schools where mask use was optional." According to the CDC, this
"might be attributed to higher effectiveness of masks among adults, who are at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection but might also result from differences in mask-wearing behavior among students in schools with optional requirements."
Moreover, as
New York Magazine noted, "Children are
less likely to have severe disease from SARS-CoV-2, and when infected less likely to be symptomatic, which correlates with
lower contagiousness. Those facts alone may account for part of the reason why the Georgia study found no clear benefit for a masking requirement for kids in schools."
The study's findings provide further credence to actions taken by DeSantis, who has come under attack from the Biden administration for following the science on children and COVID-19. Following DeSantis signing an
executive order last month prohibiting the forced masking of children in Florida schools,
President Joe Biden announced at a recent press event that he has instructed Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to use "all of his oversight authorities and legal actions, if appropriate, against governors who are trying to block and intimidate local school officials and educators" as it relates to prohibiting mask mandates.
Comment: Whilst the West will feign support when Ukraine does its bidding, throwing a couple of hundred million dollars its way to sweeten the deal, clearly its own interests comes first and it won't hesitate to admit the country is a liability. So we see yet again Ukraine is suffering the reality of what it is to be a vassal of the West, and Ukrainians must be both embarrassed as well as terrified for the future of their country: