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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article by Duke researchers found that masks were THE factor stopping COVID spread in schools n North Carolina: https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news/report-shows-nc-k-12-schools-reopened-safely-paving-way-schools-nationwide-limit-covid-19?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=their%20findings&utm_campaign=Weekly_2021-07-03[/quote]

but now rates are low, and the biggest vector (adults) are vaccinated. so the situation is evolving. I anticipate masks in the fall indoors and I’m ok with it for older kids. but not outdoors at all, not for kids under 5, and not for vaxxed older kids. [/quote]

Adults are not the biggest vector. Children are infected at equal rates. This has been proven time and again. [/quote]

Read the actual research, maybe? It found that adults tended to be the biggest source of transmission in school.

“ When outbreaks occur in school settings, they tend to result in increased transmission among teachers and school staff rather than among students … Evidence suggests that staff-to-staff transmission is more common than transmission from students to staff, staff to student, or student to student.”

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_schools.html

I think we’ll probably have masks indoors in the fall, but y’all need to prepare yourselves to drop the safety blanket soon. certainly outdoor masking is indefensible right now.

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