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obituario/u.s. news Dialuna 2 augustus 2021
Mask guidance divides parents heading into
new school year
(AP) — With U.S. health officials recommending
that children mask up in school this fall, parents
and policy makers across the nation have been
plunged anew into a debate over whether face cov-
Y ora Cristo bini den Su gloria erings should be optional or a mandate.
Ami lo bay pa biba cerca Dje The delta variant of the coronavirus now threatens
(Grandi Bo ta) to upend normal instruction for a third consecu-
tive school year. Some states have indicated they
will probably heed the federal government’s guid-
ance and require masks. Others will leave the deci-
sion up to parents.
The controversy is unfolding at a time when many masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors
Americans are at their wits’ end with pandemic re- at schools nationwide, regardless of vaccination
strictions and others fear their children will be put status. The agency cited the risk of spread of the
at risk by those who don’t take the virus seriously highly contagious delta variant, even among vac-
enough. In a handful of Republican-led states, cinated people.
lawmakers made it illegal for schools to require Alima Bryant, 33, a mother of four who organizes
masks.
anti-mask parents in Branford, Connecticut, said
A bay biba cerca Señor, In Connecticut, anti-mask rallies have happened she’s not a conspiracy theorist, but she believes sci-
Frank Joseph Lauffer, viudo di outside Gov. Ned Lamont’s official residence in entists have overstated the dangers of COVID-19,
Dora Lauffer-Mathilda Hartford, and lawn signs and bumper stickers call especially for children. She said she will take her
on him to “unmask our kids.” The Democrat has children out of school rather than subject them to
said that he’s likely to follow the latest advice from wearing masks, which she believes are more likely
17 februari 1939 - 28 juli 2021 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. to make them ill than the virus.
Na nomber di su: The CDC on Tuesday recommended indoor “Especially with little kids, I can imagine how of-
Yiu: Heidelinde (Heidi) Dijkhoff-Lauffer y ten they’re touching dirty things, then touching
Francis Dijkhoff the mask,” she said. “Also, in kindergarten, you
have to learn social cues, and even with speech and
Ruman: Editha Lauffer everything, it’s so important to not be wearing a
Sobrina: Mathilde (Tilly) Weise mask.”
Su sobrinonan de Klerk na Hulanda But parents such as Ryan Zuimmerman, of
Su swa y cuñanan: Lenexa, Kansas, fear that approach will prolong
Marina de Beijer-Mathilda y Henk de the pandemic.
Beijer In Johnson County, Kansas, the state’s most popu-
Dionisia Mathilda y famia The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lous county, five districts recommend but do not
Sra. Vda. Elise Mathilda-Bentlage y famia want. He maketh me to lie down in require masks. A sixth district has not yet decided.
Nora Mathilda green pastures; he leadeth me beside Zimmerman, speaking at a recent meeting of
the still waters. He restoreth my
Victor Mathilda, Julia Chaj y famia soul: he leadeth me in the paths of country commissioners, said that if masks are only
Marietje Martinus-Mathilda, Edwin righteousness for his name’s sake. recommended and not required, “95% of kids
Martinus y famia Psalm 23 won’t be wearing them.”
Su ayudantenan: Yusbely Marmol, Mery “I ask you this: If it was your kid who was high
Zuluaga y Debora Lopera With great sorrow but greatful for risk, what if you had to send that kid you had spent
your whole life protecting to school in this envi-
everything she did for us, we ronment?”
announce the passing of:
Tur sobrino y sobrinanan, primo y
primanan, ihanan, comper y comernan, Another public meeting, this one in Broward
County, Florida, had to be postponed for a day
amigo y amiganan tanto na Aruba, this week after roughly two dozen mask oppo-
Boneiro, Corsou y Hulanda ta invita pa e nents waged screaming matches with school board
acto di entiero cu lo tuma luga dialuna 2 di members and burned masks outside the building.
augustus 2021 pa 4 or di atardi na misa When the discussion resumed Wednesday, it was
Inmaculada Concepcion na Sta. Cruz. limited to 10 public speakers, and all but one spoke
vehemently against masks, saying their personal
rights were being eroded.
Nos defunto stima lo ta for di 2 or di atardi
den misa Inmaculada Concepcion. “Please stop the insanity. You have already done
damage to these kids having to wear masks,” she
En bes di flor of krans por haci un said before putting her daughter up to the micro-
donacion pa Fundacion Centro pa nos phone, where the little girl complained that masks
Grandinan (Kibrahacha), Piedra Plat 23, Jennifer Joseph make it hard for her to breathe and give her head-
aches.
riba Arubabank nr. di cuenta 13005044. *29-07-1965 - †18-07-2021
Den misa ta bay tin un caha pa Kibrahacha But Dr. Karyl Rattay, director of the Delaware Di-
disponibel. Date and place of burial vision of Public Health, said there is no credible
evidence masks are unsafe for children. She said
will be announced later the science is clear that face coverings have pre-
vented the spread of COVID-19 in schools.