Prologue
1/
Last week UT (the most child-centric state in the country) set an expiry for their mask mandates--leaving it in place for children. This must not stand. I created a series of 4posts to arm parents with data to challenge this. This is the 1st
thesmileproject.global/post/un-maskin…
1/
Last week UT (the most child-centric state in the country) set an expiry for their mask mandates--leaving it in place for children. This must not stand. I created a series of 4posts to arm parents with data to challenge this. This is the 1st
thesmileproject.global/post/un-maskin…
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Back in summer, many school districts made a “deal” with parents and children. Mask your kids, allow us to severely restrict their ability to interact with other children as human beings, and they can go to school.
Back in summer, many school districts made a “deal” with parents and children. Mask your kids, allow us to severely restrict their ability to interact with other children as human beings, and they can go to school.
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Parents were desperate, having watched the learning loss and depression of the spring, so they acquiesced.
Parents were desperate, having watched the learning loss and depression of the spring, so they acquiesced.
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The science on masks was, and is not settled (in fact, prior to March 2020, it was settled very clearly in the OPPOSITE direction) and much of the health policy in this regard relies on specious research and conclusions.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
The science on masks was, and is not settled (in fact, prior to March 2020, it was settled very clearly in the OPPOSITE direction) and much of the health policy in this regard relies on specious research and conclusions.
wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26…
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Children do not appear to be major drivers of transmission. Thus, regardless of whether or not masks “work,”
WE WOULD EXPECt LIMITED TRANSMISSION IN SCHOOL.
Indeed, many have misused this as an argument for why masks work elsewhere.
Children do not appear to be major drivers of transmission. Thus, regardless of whether or not masks “work,”
WE WOULD EXPECt LIMITED TRANSMISSION IN SCHOOL.
Indeed, many have misused this as an argument for why masks work elsewhere.
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Because many within communities, and particularly schools, believe that it is the masks and social distancing that are keeping them safe, they are afraid to give them up, no matter how great the long-term harm to children.
Because many within communities, and particularly schools, believe that it is the masks and social distancing that are keeping them safe, they are afraid to give them up, no matter how great the long-term harm to children.
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To get out of this rut, we must look at the data. From there, we must develop a plan that acknowledges what we know and what we don’t.
To get out of this rut, we must look at the data. From there, we must develop a plan that acknowledges what we know and what we don’t.
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Provides actions that will allow those who are concerned with the risks to remain a part of our community until they feel comfortable, and allows other to return to those aspects of life that they choose to, as they choose to.
Provides actions that will allow those who are concerned with the risks to remain a part of our community until they feel comfortable, and allows other to return to those aspects of life that they choose to, as they choose to.
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First, we must get a handle on 3 key things:
1. Children’s role in spreading COVID, & triggering severe disease in at-risk populations.
2 Relative risk by age group, co-morbidities & ethnicity.
3.The effectiveness of masks in controlling respiratory viruses
/end prologue
First, we must get a handle on 3 key things:
1. Children’s role in spreading COVID, & triggering severe disease in at-risk populations.
2 Relative risk by age group, co-morbidities & ethnicity.
3.The effectiveness of masks in controlling respiratory viruses
/end prologue
First Thread:
Un-masking children: Part 1 of 4: Understanding Children's Role in COVID-19 Transmission.
Un-masking children: Part 1 of 4: Understanding Children's Role in COVID-19 Transmission.
https://twitter.com/Emily_Burns_V/status/1370487543439953928
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