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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because most people have already had it.  Because vaccines have been available to almost all age groups for a long, long time now.  Because it’s generally mild for most people, particularly those who are vaccinated.

Perhaps most important, because we need to maintain some capital for requiring masks in the future if a variant emerges that is more harmful to children than this variant.  It’s been over two years of disruption.  It’s been, what, two months of kids being able to forego masks?  Even here, most people don’t have the appetite for restrictions anymore, given the current conditions.

Masking in school reduces some transmission, but thinking that they’re incredibly effective is misinformed.  [/quote]

Please show me evidence for your last statement. [/quote]

Please show me evidence that they ARE highly effective in K-12 school settings.  The burden of proof is on the intervention.

OP, I understand that you're upset, but denigrating people doesn't help.  And, as someone pointed out, the school with the highest COVID rate *is* masking.  If you're hoping for a return to MCPS-wide mask mandates, you're unlikely to get one now.[/quote]

Sure, here you go.

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/mask-mandates-cut-covid-19-spread-in-schools-studies-find/2022/03

I’m not some pro mask hack - I hate wearing a KN95 as much as the next person - but the Pediatrics Duke study shows that schools with universal masking had nearly 90 percent lower infection rates. That seems pretty convincing. 
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