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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I simply don't get it.  School-aged kids can mask.  Teaching them community responsibility is a good thing.  Teaching them to care about other students, their families and staff is a good thing.  If a child has SN and cannot wear one, it's one thing but given how many viruses are going around right now, it makes sense.  It's funny how the same parents screaming about learning loss when kids get sick are the same refusing masks and wanting accommodations for their kids when they are out sick.   I don't get why people enjoy being sick.  We've been so much healthier by masking, only eating outdoors, etc.[/quote]

My kids got much sicker during the 2021-22 school year while masking than this year so far. I think in part because they’re not constantly touching their faces to adjust their masks or pull them down. Their mental health is better. My oldest in particular had a lot of negative feelings about school after a year of virtual in K and a year of masking in 1st grade, he particularly hated masking during PE. He’s finally having his first normal year of elementary school and now loves to go. My younger kid has some sensory issues (and an IEP) and can’t wear a mask unless it’s one of those ridiculously thin athletic masks (which is what we did to check a box when masking was required so that he wouldn’t continue to lose out on needed services). So for my kids, not masking is absolutely a healthier choice. I know I’m not alone in not wanting my kids to mask. Stop trying to push the narrative that all kids can mask without issue, it’s just not true.[/quote]

Maybe your kids got sicker as they were doing things outside of school not masked.  That makes no sense they were sicker while masking.  It sounds like you are part of the problem and what example you set and teach in your home. Perhaps you should have gotten your kids better-fitting masks.   If they are having mental health issues, did you get them a therapist and make changes in your home to fix the problems at home?  Sounds like there is much more to this and empathy toward others and teaching kids how to live in a community isn't a priority.

Ever think of kids like mine who have had to continue in virtual school because of kids like yours and families like yours?  Perhaps your kids would have been healthier if as a community those who could, stayed home sick and everyone masked.  I wish I could live in a self-centered world like you but I don't have your privilege.

Please get your kid's mental health treatment given their challenges.  Unmasking isn't going to fix those things.  And, get the younger child a full neuropsych as sensory issues are  not a diagnosis.  [/quote]

What unicorn diagnosis does your child have that is significant enough to require mandating an entire classroom of children and a teacher to wear a mask all day, every day, yet isn’t so limiting to preclude your child from being in class with 25 some odd kids of variable masking adherence who probably spent their weekend out at play place birthday parties and sleepovers and traveling?[/quote]

My kids are too old for play dates but no, we stopped traveling, no sleep overs or going into others homes.  It’s not the child but a parent.  Children has aready lost one parent, isn’t that enough?   Are you going to take the kids if another parent dies?

My kids mask due to choice.  My kids go to virtual school by choice.  Unlike you, they get it.  They can go in person  time they want.  But, they know people like you will send their sick kids to school and not think twice and the, bringing home something can cause serious issues in our home.  [/quote]

You didn’t answer anything remotely similar to the pp’s question. What possible condition is there that a child could have that would be acceptably safe in a masked classroom (recognizing the practical limits on mask compliance), but unsafe in a voluntary masking classroom?[/quote]

Lots of conditions from asthma to cancer.  Or, child could live with a parent or family member who is voluble.  The health issues in our home are none of your business.  Why do you care?  Would it change things?  Would you be more cautious knowing your child's classmate has a parent who is vulnerable.  Of course not.  You don't care.  Hopefully it will never happen to your family member as no one will care if it does, just like you don't care now.

We cannot send our kids in person because of people here refusing the most basic precautions.  Funny how others scream mental health but have zero actual concern for the kids where covid, colds and flu still actually impacts them.[/quote]

There’s a difference between wanting something and needing something. You might prefer to send a child to school where everyone is wearing masks, but there’s no situation where someone would rationally send their child to school only if everyone else is masking. The efficacy simply isn’t that high. Masks would not prevent someone from getting Covid over an extended period of time— at most it might slightly reduce the frequency of infections. But even that is far from clear, particularly given the results of RCTs investigating masking.[/quote]

Look at the masking studies.  They absolutely make a difference as does regular school cleanings.  I would only send our kids to a school where everyone is masking and a smaller school, not the huge 1-4K students.  But, we don't have the privilege to send our kids to in person school right now because of attitudes like yours.  [/quote]

Did you send your kids to school when masks were required?[/quote]

It sounds like you didn’t send your kids to school when masks were required. So why would masks suddenly be enough now?

They probably wouldn't. Because you know they don't actually significantly reduce the cumulative risk of infection over an extended period of time.[/quote]

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