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>I don't need statistics to understand covering the faces of young children for extended periods is going to harm their social development. You're literally sa

• PKop 5y ago
  Yes. 100%. Of course it is a virtue to have the right instincts and judgement, and not need studies to function in life and make all decisions, when choices have to be made one way or the other, studies or not. What possible study could give you definitive information to decide here? Social "sciences" are rife with replication errors, the whole industry is suspicious. But so what? This is such a modern hyper rational mode of thinking. It's a weak mentality to be unable to use experience and judgement to act and decide but to defer to dubious "experts" to tell you how to live and raise your own children in the context of something so obvious as "kids need to see faces and be seen to develop socially" given masks don't stop the spread of covid and they're not at risk anyways; they should have normal social interaction and not live in a bubble for 2 years. We already know the risk from covid for kids is virtually non-existent. You're willing to risk their social development because no one told you to do otherwise yet? How did your ancestors navigate such perilous environments and situations without a bunch of studies to tell them what the "facts" are for every decision? They had to think for themselves quite often, using their wisdom and intuition
  • skinnymuch 5y ago
    The problem with your self righteousness is that it is not obvious at all that masks are damaging to children. That thinking seems completely silly to me. Such an irreverent unimportant thing as a mask mattering.