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UNMASKED AND UNBRIDLED! Las Vegas schoolkids celebrate when told they can ditch face masks

'Look at this electric factory. What I would do to have this mindset again. Kids man I tell ya,' tweeted a user

An adorable Twitter video shows little students at a Las Vegas school jumping out of joy when they were told they could ditch their face masks. The viral video comes a day after Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak lifted the statewide mask mandate for indoor public settings on Thursday, February 10. 

The video captured the kids at an unnamed elementary school jumping up, dancing and cheering in glee was shared by a Twitter user named, Courtney Holland, on Thursday. She captioned the video as, "Stop what you’re doing and watch this". "Kids at a Las Vegas elementary school burst out into cheers after learning they no longer have to wear a mask to school," she added. 

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The clip shows a teacher shouting to the students, "Starting tomorrow, we don’t have to wear masks anymore!", prompting the kids to jump out of their seats and pump their fists in elation. The footage also shows a boy in a hoodie instantly pulling down his mask while other students bust out dance moves or scream out of joy. The teacher, eliciting another round of screams from the children asks, "Is anybody excited?!". 

Senator Ron Johnson retweeted the video, "This reaction is all you need to know about what the COVID gods’ decisions have done to our children." "We want to see our children joyful". "We want to see our children’s smiles", he said.  Adam Paul Laxalt, Former Nevada Attorney General tweeted, "Their reactions to being told that they no longer have to wear a mask should tell you everything you need to know. Nevada’s children never should have been forced to wear a mask in the first place. Never forget who enabled this to happen". 

A Twitter user wrote, "Poor kids have suffered enough in the past two years. They can finally breathe now and smile. Thanks for sharing." "This just warms my heart!!!", another user. "Look at this electric factory. What I would do to have this mindset again. Kids man I tell ya", a third added. A fourth commented, "As a parent, i can confirm that kids will react this way about most anything when you tell them to". 

Officials with the Clark County School District, which includes Las Vegas, said masks would no longer be required after Sisolak’s directive. Clark County is the nation’s fifth-largest school district, serving 300,000 students and 40,000 employees, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.