A group of roughly a dozen protesters demonstrated in favor of masks outside the New York Department of Education on Wednesday.
Parents for Responsive Equitable Safe Schools organized the “Masking for a Friend” rally on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse in Manhattan, where the department is headquartered.
“It’s not about you, also not hard to do,” the group sang at the demonstration. “Just because we’re tired doesn’t mean it’s over. Mandate masks.”
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“Masks for seniors, masks for kids,” they continued.
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“Continuing to require masks in NYC public schools, even when case rates are lower, will keep schools safe and open by slowing the spread of any COVID that enters classrooms, centering the needs of higher-risk school community members, keeping everyone in schools as healthy as possible,” the group wrote on a Facebook event page.
New York City currently has 541 confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to city data. Just over 1% of its residents have tested positive for the virus in the past week. Meanwhile, 77% of its population is fully vaccinated.
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The demonstration comes just two days before New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to decide whether to lift the school mask mandate. The statewide mask mandate was lifted Wednesday, coinciding with the demonstration.
