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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell your kids that the excellent quality KN95 you have provided for them when worn properly by them will protect their family members.  Explain that the situation 2 years into the pandemic is much different and we all know a lot more and have better options to help protect and treat us.

Mention to them that the case for masking in children at school has always been debated and many countries have not been doing it all along and the WHO has long not recommended it.

Read this article for more pointers.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/kids-masks-schools-weak-science/621133/

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This and the earlier response from the person who is immunocompromised are helpful.  Something along the lines of as time has passed with the disease, we have developed vaccines and treatments and procedures that make the disease somewhat less deadly even for immunocompromised people.  While we think that transmission levels are still high enough that mask wearing continues to be warranted for some time to protect other people, there are others who look at the CDC guidance and how transmission levels have lowered and judge that the situation is now safe enough to ease mask wearing at schools.  There will be some point in the future where we probably think mask wearing isn't needed yet, either -- hopefully people who still wear masks at that point will still be kind to us.

This is my noodling for my 7th grader -- not sure this level of nuance would be helpful for a younger kid.[/quote]

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