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I’d really appreciate folks who disagree that in-person education for kids is a priority providing substantive evidence to support that position.  So far, I’ve seen none.  If I’m missing it, I want to see.  
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Who is saying that?

Like people already said, schools are open. Sure, there have been some temporary switches to virtual for outbreaks but there's seemingly no threat of all-virtual all the time.

I read through this packet yesterday and it didn't seem to offer anything new.

If we're talking about what we'd like to see discussed - where's the support for masks being harmful? That's what I expected to see in this toolkit because a lot of people seem to be making that claim. But the toolkit authors simply say, "Potential harms from long-term masking are poorly understood, and reports on mask removal have noted social and emotional benefits for students."

That's very similar to the language used to evaluate masks effectiveness, which is more or less a big shrug.

So, again, what's new here?[/quote]

DP.  One of the primary things they are saying is that *for the sake of children* that we de-escalate our fear mongering around schools.  At least in my DMV neck of the woods, there are still people that believe that not masking at school is an automatic death sentence for teachers.  That kind of language is not founded in reality, and hurts children.

Next, what's different is that they are proposing an off-ramp for masking in schools.  See slides 18-20.  https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61e5afd7a33d334ec9f84595/t/61f1468d2b827306c0bea391/1643202191267/Urgency+of+Normal+Toolkit.pdf

Finally, at least here in DC, there are STILL people trying to shift schools to virtual.  They are an increasing minority, but they have the ear of one Council member, so it's  not just some useless fringe group with no power.  [/quote]

Again. Fear mongering is what you are doing when you say there are people out there that say the not-masking is an "automatic death sentence for teachers"... nobody has said that. But the number of teachers in FLA for example that have died is unfathomable. 
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I'm saying that people are fear-mongering about the recent proposals for kids not wearing masks in VA schools.  I have people in my facebook feed that are saying that "teachers will die" because of it.

You can say "nobody says that" but consider that your experience is just your own.[/quote]

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