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[quote=Anonymous]None of those studies look at the long term effect if daily mask wearing on children during the literacy and socialization acquisition years of PK through 2nd or 3rd grade.

I don’t need a study to tell me that masking means my child struggles to communicate at school. Her teacher has told me she can’t understand my kid at school and that the children struggle to hear each other and it has inhibited friendships and communications.

Most of the literature around masking looks at whether it has a negative impact in the moment. Like if I put on a mask and then smile at my kid, can she tell I’m smiling? Yes. Great, that’s one of many reasons why most of us did not complain when asked to mask our 2yo kids 2 years ago.

But when you sit there and explain to me that this means there is no negative impact to a child under the age of 6 spending the first 2-3 years of her school career in a masked environment, you sound insane. Of course there’s a negative impact. I see it every day.[/quote]

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