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No, people really did pretend that. Here's one example that I remember: https://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds/status/1425857041457942542 https://twitter.com/AmerAcad
by endgame 4y ago
No, people really did pretend that. Here's one example that I remember: https://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds/status/1425857041457942542 https://twitter.com/AmerAcadPeds/status/1425857041457942542
Obviously paediatrics is not the same as schooling, but I recall this sort of attitude being prevalent.
- mort96 4y agoWhat does that tweet show? Are you suggesting that children are "far, far behind in school" because teachers were masked, and not because schools were closed and classes were remote?
- endgame 4y agoI am claiming that institutions made counterintuitive claims (e.g., seeing only masked faces will not delay babies' speech development) based on no evidence. These claims were made to shore up support for various pandemic response policies, including masking, lockdowns, and remote schooling but have turned out to be false.