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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the PP poster with the immunocompromise child:

-First, it looks like some folks were arguing for no masks indoors.

-Second, once kids at that age have an opportunity to get vaccinated, masks should be optional for all indoors.  I do think we are living with this for the long term and it is a lot to expect masking in schools.

-Third, for nearly every kid, it is a minor inconvenience.  I am sorry if it is not for your kid. [b] I really do not care what they are doing in Europe.  Most countries there had real lockdowns and are in a different place.
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Fourth, I have no idea what happened to immunocompromised kids prior to the epidemic because my child became ill 8 months ago.[/quote]

Many of the European countries where masks aren't required actually have [b]worse stats than the US[/b], especially compared to the DC area. But as you said, you don't care about the facts. This is just about your beliefs at this point.[/quote] You appear to be the one who does not care about facts.

https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/p0924-school-masking.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-with-face-mask-requirements-had-fewer-covid-19-outbreaks-cdc-study-finds-11632515562

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Haha - did you even read those studies?  First, they're not random control trials! If you want pure observational studies, then I give you most of Northern Europe.

As for the limitations in those studies (which were a joke):
[u]
For Arizona study[/u]
-Not adjusting for community cases in Maricopa Co rising more during the study (95% of school cases come from the community!)
- Maricopa also had a lower vaccination rates: 47.6% vs 59.2% in Pima
- Schools with masking requirements included younger kids (greater % elementary, fewer middle/ high), and had fewer students enrolled

[u]For larger study[/u]
- Didn't control for vaccination rate for kids or adults (including teachers) in the communities studied (the most important variable!)
- Looked at kids' cases 0-17, not just school aged, and included kids not even attending school
- only went out 2 weeks after school start (at height of cases in the South, where masking is much less common)
- cases were rising faster in the no mask group prior to schools reopening
-[b] Says "causation cannot be inferred[/b]

Here's a UCSF Med School's Professor's description of such studies' limitations:
https://vinayprasadmdmph.substack.com/p/two-new-cdc-studies-on-masking-in[/quote]

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