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The Downsides of Masking Young Students Are Real
- Minor49er 5y agoThe article doesn't seem to touch on this, but a psychiatric nurse from Minnesota noted that young children are going as far as resorting to self-harm to cope with the stress they are experiencing. Students are being required to wear the masks and being told that they are responsible for "killing other people around [them]" if they pull their mask down or refuse to wear it. It's nothing short of child abuse, and frankly quite disgusting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaLbowim9E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFaLbowim9E
- nradov 5y agoThere is no clear scientific evidence for health benefits of forcing young students to wear masks. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/the-science-of-masking-kids-at-school-remains-uncertain.html https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/the-science-of-maski...
- raxxorrax 5y agoMy country is enforcing medical masks (FFP123, N95, N99 KN95 and co) but also allows surgical masks, which don't work against aerosols at all. They only protect against droplets. Probably worse than the common cloth mask but those aren't accepted. I fear it will get more irrational from here... I also though that a study showed that sensible ventilation is at least as much effective.