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Wtf_is_this1234 t1_j2cl2fg wrote

Reply to comment by jro10 in Masks will be asked and expected at BPS for 8 school days but won’t be made mandatory. by lucifer0915

Yes, for some reason people think kids actually like wearing masks. Most don't.

My 3 year old who "likes" wearing a mask simultaneously drools all over them so how effective can it really be? The day his daycare dropped the mask requirement he became much happier to not have to fumble with it. My 8 year old found them annoying but tolerated it because no one gave him a choice. The day his school lifted the mandate he stopped wearing one and refuses to wear one again unless we're in a situation where he literally has no choice.

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rygo796 t1_j2d8id0 wrote

I believe the US was one of the only Western countries to recommend a mask for children under 5. If my memory is correct, it might have been as high as 12 for most of the EU.

If you look at who's actually being hospitalized/dying of COVID, masking in school doesn't make sense.

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Wtf_is_this1234 t1_j2d8k79 wrote

Canada generally followed the US recommendations, but yes it was ridiculous.

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jro10 t1_j2dgezi wrote

My son had to wear a mask from 2 to 4—half his life. We were on board when covid was killing people left and right but now we have a vaccine and tools to fight it.

Not to mention, young kids aren’t supposed to wear N95s and we know cloth masks are ineffective so what are we doing?? It’s nonsensical.

Follow the science. The science says cloth masks don’t work so let the young kids be maskless and if older kids make the choice to wear N95 they are well protected regardless of it others are masked. Let these kids have free will and choose for themselves.

Children deserve to have normalcy and see smiling faces. They’ve sacrificed a lot and it’s time to give them their childhoods back. Anyone who doesn’t understand that can fuck off.

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BsFan t1_j2fkawo wrote

TIL I am your 8 year old son.

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