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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No way. They are horrible for breathing. To avoid catching a cold? Heck no. My kids will wear paper masks or the cloth masks style they can tolerate.[/quote]

The masks are to help mitigate against a worldwide pandemic that has killed over 825K Americans, not a “cold.”  [/quote]

The vast, vast, vast, majority of those 825,000 Americans were unvaccinated adults.  Currently, if you are a vaccinated kid or adult, Covid is "just a cold."  Hooray for vaccines.[/quote]

Yes I agree that being fully vaccinated limits risk but that does not mean the pandemic is over for everyone fully vaccinated (especially with the prevalence of breakthrough infections a day with Omicron).  Over 1,000 Americans a day are dying of covid so everyone needs to pitch in to try to limit spread.  Requiring actual effective masks be worn indoors in school is a reasonable requirement.[/quote]

Nope, we do not need to "pitch in" anymore and require our kids to wear N95 masks.  The people dying are unvaccinated adults.  Breakthrough Omicron infections are not more serious than a cold/flu.  And if you want to wave your hands around and shout "but the overwhelmed health care workers," then you need to start demanding that the government shut down gyms, bars, and gatherings over 10 people.[/quote]

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