The data says that children are not affected the same. Within children this virus will or already endemic.
The psychological effects of not seeing facial expressions and learning from those expressions (joy, hurt, pain, happiness) is blunted or altogether absent. Masks prohibit this inherent learning that creates bonds and understanding.
I bet dollar to donuts that this study from Duke published June 30, 2021 with the headline reading, "Research Finds that Can Prevent Covid 19 Transmission", with subtitle saying 'With masking, schools clearly can deliver safe face to face education to children and adults'.
I'll bet you think they looked at schools with masks and schools without masks and drew a conclusion.
Nope.
Two Duke scholars examined a bunch of masked schools, found transmission to be low, and credited masks.
They said that all the quarantining and social distancing had been a waste -- good so far, so I appreciate them to some extent -- because masks alone had been so effective (an unsupported assertion).
And they even admit:
"We don’t have data from within North Carolina...in school in K-12, what happens when children are not masked."
But this is the kind of "study" your friends trot out to prove to you how effective masks (or whatever other alleged mitigation measure they want to vindicate) are.
Define a case of COVID. Most cases are headaches. Some do get worse depending on person. Quarantining and social distancing uselessness is brought up in Duke study linked above. The best I can offer on short notice.
The data says that children are not affected the same. Within children this virus will or already endemic.
The psychological effects of not seeing facial expressions and learning from those expressions (joy, hurt, pain, happiness) is blunted or altogether absent. Masks prohibit this inherent learning that creates bonds and understanding.
I bet dollar to donuts that this study from Duke published June 30, 2021 with the headline reading, "Research Finds that Can Prevent Covid 19 Transmission", with subtitle saying 'With masking, schools clearly can deliver safe face to face education to children and adults'.
I'll bet you think they looked at schools with masks and schools without masks and drew a conclusion.
Nope.
Two Duke scholars examined a bunch of masked schools, found transmission to be low, and credited masks.
They said that all the quarantining and social distancing had been a waste -- good so far, so I appreciate them to some extent -- because masks alone had been so effective (an unsupported assertion).
And they even admit:
"We don’t have data from within North Carolina...in school in K-12, what happens when children are not masked."
But this is the kind of "study" your friends trot out to prove to you how effective masks (or whatever other alleged mitigation measure they want to vindicate) are.
https://abcsciencecollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ABCs-Final-Report-June-2021.06-esig-DB-KZ-6-29-21.pdf
Define a case of COVID. Most cases are headaches. Some do get worse depending on person. Quarantining and social distancing uselessness is brought up in Duke study linked above. The best I can offer on short notice.