The majority of children under the age of twelve may be infected by the delta variant before a vaccine is available to them. I just donated 1000 kf94 masks to our local mutual aid. If you have or know a child in school consider doing the same. behealthyusa.net/collections/sm… #tweet100 
Apologies for the lack of chill. I hope that by doing the #tweet100 challenge that I might diversify my engagement a little bit, but when push comes to shove I had to start here: this is the most important thing I know. In modeling funded by the CDC.. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
.. 25%-50% is the *lowest* infection rate we can expect over the next three months in elementary schools given reasonable assumptions (the green and orange-ish lines). Three months is close to the fastest the fda might get an approved vaccine out to children under 12 months.
We (finally!) have good data on masks thanks to this massive study in Bangladesh. washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/… Surgical masks are better than cloth masks. These KF94’s are better than surgical masks, perhaps by a lot. So let’s get kids the right masks!
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