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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Explanation from the League:

We are excited to be able to conduct nearly normal swim meets this summer. While CDC guidance has relaxed outdoor masks requirements for those who are fully vaccinated, the large majority of our swimmers will be unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated this season, and thus are at a higher risk of contracting COVID. While most healthy children with COVID will have minimal symptoms, there is a small proportion that are at risk for a life threatening condition called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C). In addition to being life threatening, many children with MIS-C have injury to their heart muscle, and currently medical professionals do not know if this injury is permanent or not. While the risk of spreading COVID is less likely outdoors, masks still play a vital role in preventing COVID outbreaks at swim meets. We appreciate your understanding and compliance with this rule, and look forward to the future when we no longer require masks.”

This does not address why vaccinated have to wear masks nor the fact that CDC says even kids don’t need them outdoors.  Even more frustrating is this “protection” is non existent if pools and swim practice do not require masks! These kids are practicing together 5 days a week without masks but have to wear masks on Saturdays? [/quote]

Vaccinated team members will have to wear masks because it would be impossible for officials to know who is vaccinated and who isn’t, and attempt to enforce compliance with only some swimmers. Given that the CDC didn’t say that “kids don’t need them outdoors” in crowded situations, this NVSL decision isn’t surprising.

Requiring vaccinated adults to wear masks is going too far IMO.[/quote]

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