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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PS, I’ve commented on this topic elsewhere and have been concerned about this for months but have heard no concrete data either way. It will 100% not surprise me if data comes out later confirming an uptick I’m speech issues or issues recognizing emotions. I also worry about abnormal immune development, increase in allergies, etc. heck, we may even see more asthma due to having dirty masks on constantly and inhaling whatever yuck accumulates on them. I know my toddlers masks are filthy at the end of the day. All of these are reasons I want to see masking off ramps announced: not because I have proof that any of these are real problems, but because the longer we subject kids to something that is not part of the course of normal development, the more likely it is we start to see some kind of effect.

I really don’t want to incite panic with my examples. I just want people to think about the potential for negative effects and think critically about whether they can tolerate some extremely small known risks of Covid instead. [/quote]

You sound terribly dramatic.  We aren't seeing proof of this.  Send your toddler with multiple masks a day so they can be swapped out.  Simple.[/quote]

It feels the other way around to me. Other parents seem to over dramatize Covid risk and I am left wondering about unintended consequences for my own children. I think if the risk avoidance on Covid weren’t so extreme then we’d have a bit less drama overall.

My kids are small but I also worry about the behavioral and mental health consequences of Covid disruption for older kids as well. Those take longer to see, but they are so much scarier to me than Covid. [/quote]

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