The presumption among most health agencies in Europe has been that blanket mask mandates for young children are inappropriate for a cohort that, unlike adults, is unlikely to either face danger from COVID or wear masks correctly. There’s also the consideration of theThat does not mean they face no risk, of course. COVID-19 remains a threat to immunocompromised kids, and some families worry about students bringing home the virus to more vulnerable adults.
In Northern Virginia, dedication to that standard led seven districts to sue newly elected Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week to keep mask mandates, following his executive order which gave discretion to parents. Some parents think the policy doesn’t take into account their own freedom to choose, or acknowledge the downsides for their kids.
Given the divergence with so much of the world on this hot-button issue, one would assume the CDC, and these schools, rely on copious research about efficacy of masks in young children. A big, disruptive intervention should obviously be demonstrably effective to be justified as necessary. But the push to universally mask our youngest, and therefore least at-risk of COVID, is characterized by
mkhammer Bull shit. How is a far right narrative promoted by the likes of Tucker Carlson getting promoted on The Daily Beast?
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