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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided. [/quote]

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.[/quote]

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks. [/quote]

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well.  We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them. [/quote]

Good for you, but try teaching phonics to early elementary students with a mask (or with them wearing a mask). The negative effects of masks on their education and speech and reading is something that we're still seeing in the grades most affected.

Further, try teaching in an old elementary building with oft broken AC and a mask on.

Nope. And honestly, masks didn't do anything to prevent myself and most of my colleagues from getting sick. Not just covid, but all the other things going around.[/quote]

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