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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach preschool students. I’m happy to wear a mask. But do you think they will keep them on?! Based on how long it takes me to train them to cover their coughs and sneezes, most parents don’t bother requiring their children to do so they will be coughing and sneezing and wiping boogers all over their other classmates. I know they aren’t getting as sick as adults, but surely they will bring this home to grandma.

I miss my students, I want my own kids to go back to school, I’m all for starting in the fall with precautionary measures,but I don’t think it’ll work. We are going to  see a huge huge spike in cases in the fall and will have to shut down again.![/quote]

Gosh I can see why you're a preschool teacher.  Critical thinking is not your strong suit.

You wear the mask, not your students!

[b]Do you think patients with Covid are wearing masks when they have breathing difficulties?  NO, doctors and nurses are wearing the masks. [/b][/quote]

Gosh, are you always so dismissive and mean? I have plenty of critical thinking skills. And if you think being a preschool teacher is easy and doesn’t require brains and skills, then I invite you to teach for a week and report back how “easy” it is to manage behavior, educate, keep kids safe, and have fun.

As I said, I’m happy to wear a mask. A mask protects me from potentially spreading the virus, but doesn’t protect me from getting the virus. I’m talking about kids wearing masks because that is what many many districts are talking about, and what my colleagues in staff meetings have been discussing  while we have been locked down. I work with adults who are older and/or have underlying conditions. Healthy adults are having strokes out of nowhere due to this virus. So yes kids have the potential to spread the virus and that’s why they’re wearing masks in other countries and why it’s being discussed now. [/quote]

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