As New York City public schools hurtle towards a premature removal of the indoor mask mandate, it's time we meet a couple of the public figures making the case for taking masks off, and making media appearances that allow them to stand in for the majority of people, who would prefer to keep the mask mandate in place. This is part 1 of a two-part episode: to hear part 2, head over to patreon.com/professionaldevelopment.

For further reading/viewing:
>>https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2021/07/26/school-staff-vaccine-testing-mandate
>>https://pix11.com/news/reopening-schools/nyc-officials-deflect-on-attendance-for-first-day-of-school/
>>https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/ny-nyc-school-counselors-face-challenges-student-pandemic-stress-20211107-j3qtndiwxbcqnhzjavkufdtg4e-story.html
>>https://www.amny.com/news/de-blasio-vaccine-mandate-not-off-table-public-school-teachers/
>>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/nyregion/nyc-schools-reopening-remote-learning.html
>>https://spectatorworld.com/topic/remote-learning-has-failed-our-kids/
>>https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-what-our-kids-need-now-20210727-prpdtayprzcs5ccrsvsg7q2uny-story.html
>>https://nypost.com/2022/01/17/a-queens-school-social-worker-pleads-dont-go-remote-nyc-schools/
>>https://www.urgencyofnormal.com/
>>https://educatorsfornormalcy.com/
>>https://twitter.com/LazarusLong13/status/1494128740682514434
>>https://twitter.com/tylerblack32/status/1486111652076527623
>>https://newrepublic.com/article/165413/mask-mandates-kids-back-to-normal