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"There is arguably more harm from masked caregivers...."

[b]What the petition does is open a door, I think quite deliberately, to an anti-mask mandate[/b]. Rather cold-bloodedly, children are just the excuse. It reminds me a lot of the reopening people last year, who also used the spectre of their kids and their speech delays to advocate for complete school reopening. (Funny, how it's the same argument, isn't it?)

You'll notice that every time, in every thread (and Melanie has been busy, there are a lot of them) that this issue of kids and their speech delays are raised, she says things like, "I'm not saying caregivers shouldn't be masked although of course the research..." or, "if you wanted to make that argument that would be your choice, and it is true that.... " Within such circular arguments, she dances like the cleverly trained seal she is.

Is it terrible for kids in daycare, this COVID? Yes. Also terrible for their caregivers who don't have health insurance, are often mothers themselves, or who live in multigenerational families. It wasn't great for these working families who send their kids to daycare before covid, either. Nothing like working a nine hour day, spending a mortgage payment on daycare, and never seeing your kid. I mean, literally, in most of the world, there is nothing like it... although I've known a lot of nannies from Nepal and the Philippines whose kids are still back there who do have it worse.

But this isn't a contest.

I wouldn't be involved but the sheer amount of spam I've seen about this "petition" in the last week has alarmed me and my kids are past the daycare age, so I'm not sure why I'm seeing it at all... Except it's everywhere. And not in a grassroots wag, although that's the obvious intent. [/quote]

[b]I think that is a pretty ridiculous leap, a slippery slope logical fallacy. [/b]  The request is to have the CDC/US masking guidelines be more in line with those from the WHO and other countries.  This isn't wild.

No one is going to request caregives be prohibited (or even ALLOWED NOT TO, isn't it still mandated?) wear a mask in a licensed daycare setting.  If a parent thinks it is absolutely critical that their kid sees mouths all day, they need to pay for childcare (nanny, or other arrangement) that is offering that.

I don't recall people citing speech delays as reasons for schools needing to be opened.  But the open schools parents were right - school is essential for many many reasons.  I think this is clear now.  Especially once vaccines were available to teachers/staff, there was really no debate.[/quote]

Amen, that PP is bonkers[/quote]

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