Seriously, take the masks off kids now

We were almost all taught as children that disposable tissues are good because handkerchiefs are unhygienic and disgusting. But for young children, toddlers in particular, the cotton-jersey masks that they most often wear in schools are just that, a handkerchief pulled over their mouth and nose constantly. They often are disgusting at the end of a day of use. And so we have two facts staring us in the face. (1) Kids — even unvaccinated children — are not in serious danger from COVID-19. It is a disease that is less dangerous to them than the flu. (2) Masks, particularly the kind of cloth-jersey masks that are worn at schools, are not just ineffective at stopping COVID but may be worse as a mitigation effort against COVID than no mask at all. And so all we are doing with requiring masks in schools is needlessly cultivating the sense of danger in our children when they should be focused on learning and making friends.
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