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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just think it’s irritating to live in a city where people aren’t following public health guidance.  But who typically say they follow science and experts.[/quote]

It’s not true that people “aren’t following public health guidance” if they’re still wearing masks. The guidance doesn’t say, “don’t wear masks” or “masks are harmful.” It says they’re no longer necessary. I’m in my office now, not wearing a mask; I wear one if someone approaches me with one on, and I wear one in more public spaces where I know less about who might be around (employees here are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted and get tested weekly, so odds of getting covid here are pretty low, especially with community transmission what it is). I’m following all the relevant public health guidance whenever I do any of that. Until you can point to something where officials are specifically advising that you should take masks off, maybe slow down on accusing people of not following science if they choose to be more cautious than they’re required to be.[/quote]

You’ve constructed a lot of strawman arguments in response to a very brief statement, by taking that statement out of context from the thread and also ascribing to it things it doesn’t say.

This thread is at root about mandated indoor masking for schoolchildren, which is presently not the guidance from CDC.  That many parents are fine with that is where people aren’t following public health guidance.[/quote]

This thread is at root about “were people masked for outdoor drop-off at your DCPS lately.” The fact that people have decided that any parents who are still wearing masks outside a day after the rules changed are definitely 100 percent against changing the rules for indoor masks isn’t my problem. I’d be happy for the mask rules in school to change, but I don’t really think you can assess anyone’s core beliefs about that by whether they do or don’t throw a mask on for 3 minutes as their kids are walking into the school where the kids and staff are still required to wear one.[/quote]

I should add, again, that “behavior that is more cautious than required” does not mean you’re not following CDC guidance. You can always go beyond the CDC guidelines. Not following the guidance applies when you’re not doing what they recommend, not when you’re doing more than they are. I’m not eating in restaurants these days. CDC says it’s perfectly safe for me to do that. Am I “not following” their guidance?[/quote]

You are welcome to wear a mask whenever and wherever you wish. Kids in school should have that option, too. What many of us are now objecting to is the idea that our kids should be [i]required[/i] to wear masks indoors when that is not indicated by the CDC’s guidance.[/quote]

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