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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope my kids have a normal year including a teacher who doesn’t mask. Norway actually banned preschool teachers from masking. The whole mask thing is out of control. It’s f**king paper with gaps on the side and at the nose. There is a reason actual medical workers in Covid wards wore closed respirators. They just aren’t that effective and they impede learning, socialization and provide a far less enriching experience. I hate the masks and how they’ve become a security blanket for some. You haven’t gotten Covid because of luck. Not the stupid masks. It’s a free country, sort of, but it’s sh**y to hide 70% of your face from people trying to learn from you. [/quote]

Bless you. [/quote]

+ 1  I wish I had the guts to say this out loud.  I'm sure my kids' school will be mask optional but I'm hoping their teachers will not be wearing masks.  [/quote]

I’m glad you aren’t saying it out loud because it comes across severely entitled. Teachers are already so belittled and unappreciated, so telling them your desire trumps their health would be a final straw. Fortunately, there isn’t a private school in the region that is going to mandate teachers have to go mask-free in some effort to please the “no masks at all” crowd.

When our school went mask-optional last year, it ushered in a time of 20%-25% daily absenteeism. We all got sick. Those who avoided it ended up using every free period covering for colleagues. Classes lost their teachers for 1-2 weeks at a time. Then the remaining teachers got sick or burned out. It was a miserable season. We also had chronic absenteeism among the students, including students who missed 2-4 weeks because their cases were so bad. Perhaps you haven’t met people who have had their lives turned upside-down by this virus. Teachers have. If a well-fitting KN95 keeps that from happening again, sign me up. 
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