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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi all,

It seems the CDC mask guidance and DC Health contemplate keeping toddlers in masks until they're eligible for a vax. It's so depressing.

Masking toddlers is contrary to World Health Organization guidance, which says that children under 6 shouldn't be masked for a whole host of developmental reasons. Countless studies around the world have established that young children a) aren't spreaders and b) don't get sick. The seasonal flu is far more deadly for them than Covid.

Last week MoCo removed its requirement to mask kids 5 and under, even though CDC didn't, so I hoped DC would follow MoCo. I understand that Councilors met with DC Health folks for a Q&A on Friday (4/30) and DC Health said they wouldn't budge unless the CDC did.

Sadly I still see toddlers masked in playgrounds, so maybe I'm an outlier, but I'm wondering what the general view here is. Please consider writing to the Mayor and your Councilor to protest masking toddlers.

Finally, I'd like to hear any insights from parents who currently have kids in PK3 / PK4 required to wear masks. How do the PK teachers feel about it?[/quote]

It is "sad" and "depressing"?  I agree that the entire pandemic is horrible, but if the medical experts suggest that unvaccinated children wear masks while at school, then we should probably do that.  My read on the medical evidence is different than yours, and I trust the CDC to make the right call.  Or at least even if I were to disagree with the call, I would still follow it.  Having kids wear masks in school seems like such a small thing to do to reduce risk.[/quote]

I don’t think there’s any reason to follow the CDC exactly. DC has plenty of resources and available expertise to consider all public health policy positions, with CDC as one of many. CDC has been taking positions that are inconsistent with school reopening (like 6ft distance) and then rolled them back. This is all evolving. The CDC is not the law. [/quote]

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