Juno News - November 14, 2022


Mandatory masks again？ Seriously？


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

189.30391

Word count

446

Sentence count

31

Harmful content

Hate speech

2

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Summary

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Should we bring back masks in schools? Do we force masks upon children once again? Is it time to go back to the days of lockdowns in schools and lock down days in the public school system?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Do we bring back masks for elementary school kids, university students, all of general society?
00:00:06.560 And I know what you're thinking right now. Don't touch that button there. Don't stop this video.
00:00:09.740 You're thinking, oops, I screwed up. I accidentally went to some old video from, I don't know, fall 2021, fall 2020, something like that.
00:00:17.740 No, you did not. This is November 2022.
00:00:22.500 And if you heard that opening question and you're like, what? Why is he saying this?
00:00:26.700 I will say to you, yeah, I don't know why I'm saying. In fact, I'm kind of embarrassed to be even putting that question forward.
00:00:33.820 And yet, can you believe it? That is where the conversation apparently is at for some individuals, some news organizations in Canada right now.
00:00:43.300 Do we force masks upon children once again?
00:00:46.740 The obvious answer is no, but I don't even want to lower myself into returning to that conversation that we have had for quite some time.
00:00:55.280 We've really been repeating all of this. It's just kind of an eye roll that we're suddenly at this position right now.
00:01:01.800 No actual official and anywhere I can find in Canada is actually saying, yes, we want to bring back mask mandates.
00:01:08.040 We're seriously considering it. I know there are some odd headlines trying to imply that, for instance, Toronto Public Health would say,
00:01:14.580 we got to bring back the mandates. Really, it was just that some people were pushing Toronto Public Health to consider that.
00:01:19.900 And they're like, OK, thanks for you advocating this for us. We'll take that into consideration.
00:01:24.380 But no, we're not actively planning to do this. I just find it bizarre.
00:01:29.980 I find it kind of cringe and embarrassing that Ontario, Ontario, always the most backwards place. 1.00
00:01:35.940 And in the Western world, the English speaking world, sometimes you look back at the lockdowns and it was like Ontario and China were the only places doing this totally bonkers, crazy thing. 0.88
00:01:46.200 Now we're in a situation where, yet again, find me a place where masks are forced upon schoolchildren.
00:01:51.980 Right now, November 2022, there ain't such a place, really.
00:01:56.620 You're going to have to look pretty far and wide and overturn a whole bunch of rocks to try and find this location.
00:02:01.480 Guys, you're embarrassing yourselves by pushing this narrative.
00:02:05.080 You want to wear the mask, you want to deal with your own personal issues and make personal choices, go ahead.
00:02:09.320 Nobody's telling you not to do that. That's fine.
00:02:11.260 But this whole conversation, do we bring back mandatory masking in children or else you're not going to be allowed in the classroom?
00:02:18.040 Guys, get a life.