Will your child wear a mask when they go back to school?

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Anonymous wrote:PP again - agreeing with the other PP, that exposure to germs is exactly how we ‘train’ our immune systems.

DP, clarifying that this exposure is vital for the development of acquired immunity, which contrasts with innate immunity. Both are important.

Acquired immunity is not about the hygiene hypothesis.

Acquires immunity is exactly what the hygiene hypothesis is about. Hence the name “hygiene.”

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. And my 7th and 12th graders will eat at the outdoor tables for as long as weather allows. We haven't gotten Covid yet and would rather not get it now, right in the middle of college essay season.

There will always be a “season”. Then it will be holiday travel.

DP, but why do you care, PP? Maybe there will always be a season, maybe there won't. What's wrong with trying to stay healthy for things that individual families and students deem to be important?

DP

I will not make my kids wear masks, but I do agree with this PP. I’m happy to support people who want to mask as long as they want! They should allow kids to mask anytime.

Just please don’t force ALL of us to mask up! Allow it to be a choice.

I'm the PP. What I don't understand is the people who wanted the freedom to not wear masks seem intent on bullying people who choose to continue to mask, whether in all indoor spaces or sporadically, depending on their risk assessment and current priorities. Choice means just that, the choice to mask or not. It does not mean that you don't wear a mask and you also demand that everyone else stop masking too.

I would confidently say that over the past 2 years, the mask-pusher crowd is somewhat more ‘bullyish’ than the mask optional crowd.

I truly don’t care what other people do. Mask your kid or don’t. Vaccinate your kid or don’t. Should be a choice and we should all do what is best for our kids.

But it’s the mask-pushers and the vaccine-pushers who want to force others to do what they believe is ‘right’ even when the data doesn’t back them up.

There is no such thing as mask optional crowd. You either mask or you don't. If you choose not to mask, your behavior impacts others. If you are positive for covid, you can easily spread it, but that's not something most people care about. What is best for our kids is to keep them and their families physically healthy.

Not in the slightest. Makes no difference to you if my kid wears a flimsy cloth mask or not. Especially if you your kid is wearing his/her well-fitting KN95 mask.

Mass optional means that you can wear your mask forever and ever. It means that nobody will tell your kid to take off her mask. Yay!

If you were a decent parent, you'd get your child a properly fitting N95 mask.. KN95 masks are not regulated in this country. A flimsy cloth mask is better than nothing.

Decent parents wouldn’t subject low-risk kids to N95 masks for 6 hours a day.

I still have some light, single-layer cloth masks. That’s what my kids wear when they’re in situations that require masks.

Those low risk kids live with adults who can be impacted differently than kids. The impact on you may be no big deal but the impact on another child or parent may be. A decent parent would teach their child to be a responsible member of the community and mask for everyones sake, including their own.

Nope. IDGAF. Mask if you want but we’re done masking.

Good luck when your kids teacher is out sick or the bus driver.

People get sick, life goes on, nobody cares.

Millions have died from covid. You get that right?

There is an estimate that in world history, about 109 billion people have all died from something

Most are old people like 60+ who end up dying from something as they are elderly

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

Agreed. How could exposure to bacteria/viruses not boost the immune system? That's how it's trained. Ask the Martians how this works.

The research (including MIT Medical) clearly talks about allergies.

A child is exposed to a virus. The body launches an immune response. The child gets sick with a fever, cough, etc. These are all signs of the body’s immune response. Ideally (and usually), the child can fight off the virus successfully. The next time this child is exposed to the same virus, the child’s immune system ‘remembers’ the virus from the last time and launches an even stronger response.

This is the basic idea with vaccines and natural immunity. Obviously it is different for kids who are immunocompromised. But, for the average, healthy child, it is necessary to be exposed to bacteria and viruses as a child to develop a robust immune system

DP. That’s been a long-standing belief but in reality is false.

Ok, then please do explain how the immune system develops in children.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again - agreeing with the other PP, that exposure to germs is exactly how we ‘train’ our immune systems.

DP, clarifying that this exposure is vital for the development of acquired immunity, which contrasts with innate immunity. Both are important.

Acquired immunity is not about the hygiene hypothesis.

Agree.

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

Agreed. How could exposure to bacteria/viruses not boost the immune system? That's how it's trained. Ask the Martians how this works.

The research (including MIT Medical) clearly talks about allergies.

A child is exposed to a virus. The body launches an immune response. The child gets sick with a fever, cough, etc. These are all signs of the body’s immune response. Ideally (and usually), the child can fight off the virus successfully. The next time this child is exposed to the same virus, the child’s immune system ‘remembers’ the virus from the last time and launches an even stronger response.

This is the basic idea with vaccines and natural immunity. Obviously it is different for kids who are immunocompromised. But, for the average, healthy child, it is necessary to be exposed to bacteria and viruses as a child to develop a robust immune system

DP. That’s been a long-standing belief but in reality is false.

Ok, then please do explain how the immune system develops in children.

You can get that information form an immunologist or general information from the internet of studies.
You can also find plenty of information from reputable medical establishments talking about the topic and how it’s been disproven.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again - agreeing with the other PP, that exposure to germs is exactly how we ‘train’ our immune systems.

DP, clarifying that this exposure is vital for the development of acquired immunity, which contrasts with innate immunity. Both are important.

Acquired immunity is not about the hygiene hypothesis.

Agree.

We all at times agree with inaccuracies.

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

Agreed. How could exposure to bacteria/viruses not boost the immune system? That's how it's trained. Ask the Martians how this works.

The research (including MIT Medical) clearly talks about allergies.

A child is exposed to a virus. The body launches an immune response. The child gets sick with a fever, cough, etc. These are all signs of the body’s immune response. Ideally (and usually), the child can fight off the virus successfully. The next time this child is exposed to the same virus, the child’s immune system ‘remembers’ the virus from the last time and launches an even stronger response.

This is the basic idea with vaccines and natural immunity. Obviously it is different for kids who are immunocompromised. But, for the average, healthy child, it is necessary to be exposed to bacteria and viruses as a child to develop a robust immune system

DP. That’s been a long-standing belief but in reality is false.

Ok, then please do explain how the immune system develops in children.

DP

We are all born with with some immunity, vaccines, nutrition, low stress levels, low inflammation, exercise, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

It is well believed as opposed to well known which does not make it true. MIT Medical study and other studies more than just allergies as you only narrow in on. It debunked the belief of the allergy theory that you wrongly believe and other illnesses.
Sorry, you are not above medical establishments and if you choose to believe a myth, knock yourself out but don’t state it as factual.

It is impossible to truly express just how wrong you are.

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

Agreed. How could exposure to bacteria/viruses not boost the immune system? That's how it's trained. Ask the Martians how this works.

The research (including MIT Medical) clearly talks about allergies.

A child is exposed to a virus. The body launches an immune response. The child gets sick with a fever, cough, etc. These are all signs of the body’s immune response. Ideally (and usually), the child can fight off the virus successfully. The next time this child is exposed to the same virus, the child’s immune system ‘remembers’ the virus from the last time and launches an even stronger response.

This is the basic idea with vaccines and natural immunity. Obviously it is different for kids who are immunocompromised. But, for the average, healthy child, it is necessary to be exposed to bacteria and viruses as a child to develop a robust immune system

DP. That’s been a long-standing belief but in reality is false.

Ok, then please do explain how the immune system develops in children.

You can get that information form an immunologist or general information from the internet of studies.
You can also find plenty of information from reputable medical establishments talking about the topic and how it’s been disproven.

How do vaccines work?

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

It is well believed as opposed to well known which does not make it true. MIT Medical study and other studies more than just allergies as you only narrow in on. It debunked the belief of the allergy theory that you wrongly believe and other illnesses.
Sorry, you are not above medical establishments and if you choose to believe a myth, knock yourself out but don’t state it as factual.

It is impossible to truly express just how wrong you are.

Contact mit medical and the medical establishments to change their stance because you say so.

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

It is well believed as opposed to well known which does not make it true. MIT Medical study and other studies more than just allergies as you only narrow in on. It debunked the belief of the allergy theory that you wrongly believe and other illnesses.
Sorry, you are not above medical establishments and if you choose to believe a myth, knock yourself out but don’t state it as factual.

It is impossible to truly express just how wrong you are.

DP. What studies have you done?

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

Agreed. How could exposure to bacteria/viruses not boost the immune system? That's how it's trained. Ask the Martians how this works.

The research (including MIT Medical) clearly talks about allergies.

A child is exposed to a virus. The body launches an immune response. The child gets sick with a fever, cough, etc. These are all signs of the body’s immune response. Ideally (and usually), the child can fight off the virus successfully. The next time this child is exposed to the same virus, the child’s immune system ‘remembers’ the virus from the last time and launches an even stronger response.

This is the basic idea with vaccines and natural immunity. Obviously it is different for kids who are immunocompromised. But, for the average, healthy child, it is necessary to be exposed to bacteria and viruses as a child to develop a robust immune system

DP. That’s been a long-standing belief but in reality is false.

Ok, then please do explain how the immune system develops in children.

You can get that information form an immunologist or general information from the internet of studies.
You can also find plenty of information from reputable medical establishments talking about the topic and how it’s been disproven.

How do vaccines work?

Again, you can look up that information along with the other information.

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The “Hygiene Hypothesis” first came out in 1989 when someone theorized it in a paper. It was embraced as it was an “easy” explanation but had cracks. It has never been proven and has actually been disproven as the immune system is not as simple as one factor such as being exposed to germs and viruses as being necessary to creat a strong immune system.

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Anonymous wrote:The “Hygiene Hypothesis” first came out in 1989 when someone theorized it in a paper. It was embraced as it was an “easy” explanation but had cracks. It has never been proven and has actually been disproven as the immune system is not as simple as one factor such as being exposed to germs and viruses as being necessary to creat a strong immune system.

+ 1 Essentially, not wearing a mask will not make a robust immune system and wearing a mask will not hurt one’s immune system. There are many, many other factors that come into play.

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Anonymous wrote:No way on masks. Covid is never going away. I’d rather let my kids strengthen their immune systems while you g than trying to hide from a virus. No way on masks.

That’s a myth.

What is a myth?

It is absolutely true that kids need exposure to a wide variety of germs growing up to build a strong immune system! Bring on the coughs and colds.

It’s called the hygiene hypothesis and has been proven by several medical establishments such as MIT Medical and others to be not true.
It does nothing to neither weaken nor boost one’s immune system.

No. The hygiene hypothesis has to do with kids developing allergies.

It is well-known that kids need exposure to bacteria and viruses as kids to develop their immune systems. That is exactly how the immune system (and vaccines) work.

Agreed. How could exposure to bacteria/viruses not boost the immune system? That's how it's trained. Ask the Martians how this works.

The research (including MIT Medical) clearly talks about allergies.

A child is exposed to a virus. The body launches an immune response. The child gets sick with a fever, cough, etc. These are all signs of the body’s immune response. Ideally (and usually), the child can fight off the virus successfully. The next time this child is exposed to the same virus, the child’s immune system ‘remembers’ the virus from the last time and launches an even stronger response.

This is the basic idea with vaccines and natural immunity. Obviously it is different for kids who are immunocompromised. But, for the average, healthy child, it is necessary to be exposed to bacteria and viruses as a child to develop a robust immune system

DP. That’s been a long-standing belief but in reality is false.

Ok, then please do explain how the immune system develops in children.

You can get that information form an immunologist or general information from the internet of studies.
You can also find plenty of information from reputable medical establishments talking about the topic and how it’s been disproven.

How do vaccines work?

Again, you can look up that information along with the other information.

It's just magic, right? Vaccines have nothing to do with the immune system. Vaccines just magically circulate through the body to fight the bad guys.