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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.[/quote]

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.[/quote]

Because 2+ years of forcing preschoolers to mask predictably led to an over-correction the other way.

If mask mandates had been shorter and more targeted, I think we'd be in a very different situation when it comes to perceptions about masking.[/quote]

I agree with you. There was definitely a political aspect to the mask mandates. Like since the right said they hated masks, especially masks on toddlers, the left had to insist on masking in every setting, especially for toddlers. For those of us who had to send our toddlers and preschoolers to daycare/preschool with masks they mostly wore under their noses and took off every 1-2 hours for snacks and naptime, it definitely contributed to losing faith in public health institutions. The worst part was that the messaging on masking was so moralistic, so any concerns about masking young children were rejected and the parents themselves were shamed. As someone whose kid had social issues made worse by masks (saw a clear regression when he started wearing a mask and a clear improvement after the mask mandate was lifted), I really can't with some of the discourse around masks. The benefits were also so exaggerated. Like it made sense during surges and for 10 days after infection to have teens and adults wear respirators, but loose fitting masks on anyone, especially young kids, really never made sense. Some people were really invested in the notion that masks of any kind made sharing air safe and without masks it was automatically unsafe. The messaging was just not credible.[/quote]

Are cloth masks, which is what most people wore, even effective in not spreading Covid?

I always assumed it was mostly psychological and that people desperately wanted some form of protection and it was similar to a small child carrying around a security blanket.

The masking of young kids was unreal and shame on the people who went along with it. I personally fought it and was shamed.  [/quote]

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