Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of COVID Response, UCSF Emergency Department. All tweets are my own.
Feb 21, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Thank you @PamelaBrownCNN for hosting tonight's discussion on school mask mandates. Here I present my concern that mask mandates are putting our 5 million English language learners and 4 million students with speech delay at additional disadvantage. 1/5
Dr. Amna Husain discusses elevated hospitalization rates for kids during Omicron vs Delta. (Caveat: 1/3-2/3rds of these hospitalizations are "with" rather than "from" COVID). But parents need context for these numbers. They have navigated similar risks to their kids before. 2/5