1/Question: Why is everyone connected with @UofT_dlsph so obsessed with getting kids to wear masks all-day (and now all summer)? Recklessly, they have not presented a risk analysis to evaluate potential harms. Here is another non-peer reviewed paper from Bassani.
https://twitter.com/DGBassani/status/1366438340157992969
2/We know that all-day masking of kids is not innocuous. Masks come with their own risks of poor health and psychological outcomes. I have seen first hand the impact that masks are having on non-verbal communication and socialization of kids and youth.
https://twitter.com/DaFeid/status/1345815598224314369
3/We also know that children and teachers (or councilors)
handle C19 well. LTC, the very elderly and those with end of life conditions should be the focus, not kids or young adult camp councilors.
handle C19 well. LTC, the very elderly and those with end of life conditions should be the focus, not kids or young adult camp councilors.
https://twitter.com/SwedenTeam/status/1364643089575411712
4/In isolated camps with ppl in low-risk demographics, there's no need for intrusive/harmful NPIs. Some may wind up with a cold or a flu. So what? Is no illness ever again the goal? Ppl with hi-risk health concerns can abstain. We must stop treating kids like vectors of disease.
5/Even though the overall body of quality evidence does not bear out masks as effective NPIs v. C19, even if they were just a bit effective, is it worth it? Let's give kids and young people their lives back this summer and concentrate on the high risk groups. Enough is enough.
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