Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
^ Point is: you can fulfill BOTH comfort and safety requirements by getting a KF94 sized for kids, or similar.

Wearing a gauze mask clearly signals your rebellion against mask rules, and that you actively want to spread this supposedly innocuous virus.

BTW - schools always said masks would be worn for this coming year. Factoring in the news about the Delta variant, I wonder why you're acting so surprised and disappointed.

sorry, we are shopping 100% for comfort here at our house. i am going to buy the lightest, thinnest, masks I can find. I think making a kid wear an N95 mask all day is child abuse.

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XBKQKWH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cloth masks are not approved or regulated by any health agency and depending on the tightness of the weave, can be pretty useless to protect against viruses. Those with a tight weave are hard to breathe through.

That's why disposable hospital, lab or construction masks are always better. Get a N95, KN95, or, for a child's face, a child KF94. They are certified and regulated by their respective countries (the standards of which are just as high as in the US) and are much lighter and easier to breather in than cloth masks - and they're also SAFER.

You don't need to throw them away after each use, as long as they're not wet (which alters the inner lining). Just buy several packs, and rotate through them, laying the used ones in the sun for a few hours to kill germs (or a clean, dry place for several days). Throw them away when they get too dirty.

- research scientist used to wearing masks.

Anonymous wrote:
^ Point is: you can fulfill BOTH comfort and safety requirements by getting a KF94 sized for kids, or similar.

Wearing a gauze mask clearly signals your rebellion against mask rules, and that you actively want to spread this supposedly innocuous virus.

BTW - schools always said masks would be worn for this coming year. Factoring in the news about the Delta variant, I wonder why you're acting so surprised and disappointed.

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XBKQKWH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cloth masks are not approved or regulated by any health agency and depending on the tightness of the weave, can be pretty useless to protect against viruses. Those with a tight weave are hard to breathe through.

That's why disposable hospital, lab or construction masks are always better. Get a N95, KN95, or, for a child's face, a child KF94. They are certified and regulated by their respective countries (the standards of which are just as high as in the US) and are much lighter and easier to breather in than cloth masks - and they're also SAFER.

You don't need to throw them away after each use, as long as they're not wet (which alters the inner lining). Just buy several packs, and rotate through them, laying the used ones in the sun for a few hours to kill germs (or a clean, dry place for several days). Throw them away when they get too dirty.

- research scientist used to wearing masks.

Anonymous wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08XBKQKWH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Cloth masks are not approved or regulated by any health agency and depending on the tightness of the weave, can be pretty useless to protect against viruses. Those with a tight weave are hard to breathe through.

That's why disposable hospital, lab or construction masks are always better. Get a N95, KN95, or, for a child's face, a child KF94. They are certified and regulated by their respective countries (the standards of which are just as high as in the US) and are much lighter and easier to breather in than cloth masks - and they're also SAFER.

You don't need to throw them away after each use, as long as they're not wet (which alters the inner lining). Just buy several packs, and rotate through them, laying the used ones in the sun for a few hours to kill germs (or a clean, dry place for several days). Throw them away when they get too dirty.

- research scientist used to wearing masks.

Anonymous wrote:As long as case numbers remain low I plan to send my kid in a cotton muslin mask.

If we head up out of the CDC blue or hospitalizations spike or something I will go back to our regular multi layer masks.

The teachers at our school are vaccinated (they all told classes so proudly as they got the shot) and my kids are low risk.

Anonymous wrote:those spandex masks are totally useless. My kids love them and I let them wear them outside only. If numbers are super low in the fall, they can wear those. If not, back to the multi-layer cotton ones or surgical ones.