Kids in NY were harmed by the mask mandate, and Eric Adams was wrong to continue it for so long. Jay Bhattacharya knows much more about this issue than Adams. Adams should have relied on scientific evidence. It's good that Adams finally backed down on this; let's hope that he does not reinstate the mask mandate for kids when schools re-open in the fall.
Kids in NY were harmed by the mask mandate, and Eric Adams was wrong to continue it for so long. Jay Bhattacharya knows much more about this issue than Adams. Adams should have relied on scientific evidence. It's good that Adams finally backed down on this; let's hope that he does not reinstate the mask mandate for kids when schools re-open in the fall.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/nyregion/eric-adams-mask-mandate-children.html
https://twitter.com/DrJBhattacharya/status/1506279659750805514