I totally understand. Our daughter and two young grandchildren (6 & 9)who live across the country from us were planning to visit. We haven't seen them for a couple of years.
Unfortunately those plans have been scrapped (for good reason imo).
We still wear masks in L.A. County CA. It surprised me originally but people are very compliant. I don't recall seeing someone indoors (that wasn't eating) without a mask here since this whole mess started. I did see a man ask security if he could come into a grocery store because he forgot his mask. They told him no and he left (I assume to go get a mask). I feel lucky that most of the public are like minded here.
I'm so sorry you are dealing with all this @CharlestonGal
This is mind boggling to me. IMO If they don't like the schools rules they can always homeschool their kids.Anti-mask parents not constitutionally allowed to change school rules, says federal judge
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit from two Nevada parents seeking to challenge the state's public school mask mandate, saying in her ruling that parents did not have the constitutional right to dictate school policies.
In their lawsuit filed in August, two Nevada parents claimed that the mask mandate, as well as their exclusion from the decisionmaking process regarding it, violated their constitutional rights as parents. However, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Dorsey wrote that these "perceived wrongs" were not constitutional violations.
Dorsey determined in her 22-page decision that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to demonstrate a legal basis for their claims and rejected their lawsuit.
"The Constitution does not require an opportunity to participate in the decision-making process for such broadly applicable policies, and the fundamental right to parent does not include the prerogative to dictate school health and safety policies," wrote Dorsey.
The COVID-19 policies that the parents were seeking to challenge require all nonexempt individuals to wear masks in public settings like public and charter schools, regardless of vaccination status. The Clark County School District, where the children of the two plaintiffs attend school, also issued a mask mandate based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak's (D) orders.
I live in Maryland and besides Baltimore City nobody wears masks here. If people do wear masks they are certainly in the minority. The governor says he has no plans for a mask mandate or a shut down ever again
Anti-mask parents not constitutionally allowed to change school rules, says federal judge
A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit from two Nevada parents seeking to challenge the state's public school mask mandate, saying in her ruling that parents did not have the constitutional right to dictate school policies.
In their lawsuit filed in August, two Nevada parents claimed that the mask mandate, as well as their exclusion from the decisionmaking process regarding it, violated their constitutional rights as parents. However, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Dorsey wrote that these "perceived wrongs" were not constitutional violations.
Dorsey determined in her 22-page decision that the plaintiffs in the case had failed to demonstrate a legal basis for their claims and rejected their lawsuit.
"The Constitution does not require an opportunity to participate in the decision-making process for such broadly applicable policies, and the fundamental right to parent does not include the prerogative to dictate school health and safety policies," wrote Dorsey.
The COVID-19 policies that the parents were seeking to challenge require all nonexempt individuals to wear masks in public settings like public and charter schools, regardless of vaccination status. The Clark County School District, where the children of the two plaintiffs attend school, also issued a mask mandate based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak's (D) orders.
What got us through the first year was the vaccine hope. Now boostered breakthroughs. Still have to social distance and wear masks due to variant.
How do you know that you kids don't have it if you didn't test them? People can be infected and asymptomatic. I know several people who had no symptoms but tested positive.
Vaccines and boosters still protect against severe disease. But at the age of 83, someone will still be at risk if infected.
@mickey2942 Just want to say, I believe you and your husband are doing the right things. It is meaningful.
Because they’ve been tested since WE became positive.
