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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be prepared for your day cares to make masks permanent because it reduces the spread of cold and flu.[/quote] Oh who cares, the benefit of wearing a mask all day for a 2 year old does not outweigh the risk of a freaking cold. Colds help us build immune systems. And the flu, while it can be dangerous for little kids, is something we allowed for decades to exist without masks. We also have a vaccine and good treatment for the flu. I know 0 people who have died or been hospitalized from flu in my 45 years of existence. [/quote] People are absolutely hospitalized or die of the flu. And for kids, the risk that a flu infection will lead to hospitalization or death is pretty similar to the risk that a COVID infection would do the same. That's why COVID policies for preschools, daycare centers, and schools haven't made any sense. We've long accepted similar risks as a part of everyday life. There's been such a push for vaccination, I'm not surprised some centers are stuck. And most probably figured that the pediatric vaccine has been just around the corner for the last year, so it's been easy for them to justify waiting "just a little bit longer" to drop masks and other policies. But the number of centers that continue those practices after vaccine availability will be extremely small. Maybe you'll see some places keep masks on hand for kids that have the sniffles, but don't otherwise meet exclusion criteria to be sent home, but I think even that will be uncommon (although not a terrible idea).[/quote]
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