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

We are r seeing proof that masks on toddlers in daycare settings is making any difference in community transmission rates.  So why bother?
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Right- it goes both ways.  There should be plenty of data to determine if masks help at this point.  The long term consequences of masking are going to be more difficult to assess because it’s still ongoing.  Anecdotally, I have a couple speech pathologists in my family who were not that worried early on, they have been seeing upticks in therapy needs but as others have mentioned so many delayed care early in the pandemic and there was also more isolation in general.  But while they were confident in kids’ short term resilience to masking all day, they’re getting concerned about how long this is dragging out.  A few months is one thing but for some kids it’s been 1.5 years or longer.[/quote]

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