Sad story here. I was in a Costco recently - masked, of course because they won't allow shopping without one. There was a little boy maybe 3 years old or so in the kiddie seat of a cart. He was saying "hi" to everyone (as little kids do), so I said hi back to him. He got a sad/puzzled expression on his face, then said hi again. I said hi again. As I walked away it hit me - he couldn't see the expression on my face, had no way of knowing if it was even me who had said hi to him and it upset him. I felt really bad about it and wished that I'd had the intuition to pull my mask down so he could see me talking and smiling.
To add another level of horror to this - how many people are putting their kids in cloth masks? How are those cloth masks being washed? Are people using unscented products? What are the long-term health hazards of putting a chemical-soaked cloth over a kid's face? This certainly applies to adults as well, but moreso for kids because their brains are still developing.
Sad story here. I was in a Costco recently - masked, of course because they won't allow shopping without one. There was a little boy maybe 3 years old or so in the kiddie seat of a cart. He was saying "hi" to everyone (as little kids do), so I said hi back to him. He got a sad/puzzled expression on his face, then said hi again. I said hi again. As I walked away it hit me - he couldn't see the expression on my face, had no way of knowing if it was even me who had said hi to him and it upset him. I felt really bad about it and wished that I'd had the intuition to pull my mask down so he could see me talking and smiling.
To add another level of horror to this - how many people are putting their kids in cloth masks? How are those cloth masks being washed? Are people using unscented products? What are the long-term health hazards of putting a chemical-soaked cloth over a kid's face? This certainly applies to adults as well, but moreso for kids because their brains are still developing.