https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7106e1.htm

"cloth masks did not produce a statistically significant difference"

There's a difference between 100% of the time and half the time.

You can't separate the two because in real life they are in constant conflict with each other.

Because people take masks off constantly to eat/drink/talk to their buddy 2 feet away, the entire premise behind the mandate collapses into reality, where we've seen case rates are basically the same with or without a mandate.

There's a reason we've never wasted time trying to impose mask mandates pre-covid.

A cloth mask, mandated only inside of school buildings, which is a place where kids will be taking off their shitty cloth masks to eat lunch every day will not protect anyone else either.

The same state that literally just refunded people for collecting too much in income tax.

It depends on how I feel and how long I have to be outside.

But more importantly, we do not force people to use umbrellas. If you want to get soaked, it's on you.

Canada generally followed the US recommendations, but yes it was ridiculous.

Yes, they worked SO WELL during covid that people just stopped getting covid.

/s

We had several waves of covid during the mask mandate era and it doesn't really appear to be any different from the waves we're seeing post mask mandate era.

A lot of these experts are completely out of touch with how feasible their recommendations are in real world applications.

At least this doc understands that.

If it affects so few people, what exactly is the point of doing it?

I find it odd that Boston parents seem to have no problem subjecting their kids to mask wearing but the thought of getting vaccinated is just a step too far.

You realize a mask doesn't guarantee he won't get sick right?

Yes, for some reason people think kids actually like wearing masks. Most don't.

My 3 year old who "likes" wearing a mask simultaneously drools all over them so how effective can it really be? The day his daycare dropped the mask requirement he became much happier to not have to fumble with it. My 8 year old found them annoying but tolerated it because no one gave him a choice. The day his school lifted the mandate he stopped wearing one and refuses to wear one again unless we're in a situation where he literally has no choice.

>Also, the risk of serious illness isn't the only reason to wear a mask. Given the choice of being sick for a few days (covid, influenza, etc.) or not being sick for a few days, I'd much rather not be sick.

People caught covid while wearing masks...

Presenting masks as a 100% effective way to prevent getting sick is completely nuts.

It's not wrong though. Cloth masks don't work, nor do masks that people wear incorrectly or take off to eat or drink.

The only way a mask mandate works is with strict adherence to N95's, which is impossible, even more so in a school environment.

Two weeks of cloth mask wearing in a school environment where kids are constantly taking their masks on and off will achieve close to nothing.

They worked so well that people still got covid when we had mask mandates.

No, it doesn't because these kids just go to any other indoor space without masks

How does that work at lunch lol?

Yeah, most kids have zero interest in wearing masks again.

My guess is as long as it's disclosed before you order, it's legal.

They know 99% of people will be too embarrassed to ask to have it removed. It's a complete scam.

Yes, especially food.

I know a few people who went to BPS or have kids in it. The only people who speak positively about it are people who genuinely need to justify their decision to gamble with their kids' future to convince themselves they didn't make the wrong decision. Everyone else has nothing good to say and either switched to private school or moved to the burbs.

Start saving for private school or a house in the burbs.