Did you know the @CDCgov changed the mask guidance a few months back, to call for cloth masks with clear panels for children learning to read, among other cases related to speech and language development + special needs?
See:
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
I have feelings about this.
See:
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
I have feelings about this.
Looks like a September update.
Which is interesting timing; speech pathologists have been talking about the need for masks with clear panels since early in the pandemic.
I mean…
Which is interesting timing; speech pathologists have been talking about the need for masks with clear panels since early in the pandemic.
I mean…
https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1275480220414496770?s=21
Let’s talk about why none of us knew about the change.
The @CDCgov coming out to finally acknowledge that masks impede children’s reading & speech development would seem important, no?
You’d think @CDCDirector would broadcast. Or at least we’d see tweets.
Anyone heard a peep?
The @CDCgov coming out to finally acknowledge that masks impede children’s reading & speech development would seem important, no?
You’d think @CDCDirector would broadcast. Or at least we’d see tweets.
Anyone heard a peep?
Raise your hand if you have a child in grades preK through 1st (the learning to read years), who is expected to mask, and hasn’t been told that a clear mask would be appropriate, given the known importance of seeing mouths in reading instruction?
It gets worse than that:
It gets worse than that:
https://twitter.com/Ari58394958/status/1483181432008675328
No, the @CDCgov @CDCDirector are too busy putting out communications to scare everyone about COVID risk. 👇
Including a study on kids & diabetes that drew instant critique from doctors and scientists.
No time to talk about mitigations that impede kids’ development!
Including a study on kids & diabetes that drew instant critique from doctors and scientists.
No time to talk about mitigations that impede kids’ development!
https://twitter.com/tapuaetai_l/status/1482374910970368006
Masks have become so politicized that culturally – from the @CDCgov to the media to the K–12 education discourse – we are not allowed to talk about the downsides / risks of masking children.
Even when they are in plain sight.
That’s why this update is news to all, I’m sure.
Even when they are in plain sight.
That’s why this update is news to all, I’m sure.
This is yet another “now it can be said” moment, in which leaders say things that practical people have been saying all along – with no accountability for taking 1.5 or more years to get there.
See also, the recent acknowledgement of weak cloth mask efficacy.
See also, the recent acknowledgement of weak cloth mask efficacy.
Anyway, now it can be said, y’all!
Masks impede language development and they also impede the process of kids learning how to read.
That latter part requires some explanation; this thread should help.
Masks impede language development and they also impede the process of kids learning how to read.
That latter part requires some explanation; this thread should help.
https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1421576079861485573
As for the @CDCgov’s recommendation, I have heard this from tons of teachers.
Maybe they didn’t broadcast it because they know that good masks-with-clear-panels options are few & far between.
Maybe they didn’t broadcast it because they know that good masks-with-clear-panels options are few & far between.
https://twitter.com/mrlemere/status/1483419878740615170
As importantly…
The recommendation is for cloth masks w/ clear panels.
The CDC now says cloth masks aren’t so effective.🤷♀️
So maybe it’s time to also acknowledge lack of solid evidence saying masks are affecting school transmission & bin them in Pk-2?
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
The recommendation is for cloth masks w/ clear panels.
The CDC now says cloth masks aren’t so effective.🤷♀️
So maybe it’s time to also acknowledge lack of solid evidence saying masks are affecting school transmission & bin them in Pk-2?
nymag.com/intelligencer/…
For those of you hunting down clear masks, you may find this thread on effective/comfortable options to be helpful.
No way there is enough stock for all of America’s PK-2 teachers. That, too, rests with the @CDCgov, for burying this update.
No way there is enough stock for all of America’s PK-2 teachers. That, too, rests with the @CDCgov, for burying this update.
https://twitter.com/karenvaites/status/1424885665112727559
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