[rkk3]

>> requiring kids to wear masks for 8 hours a day has a real cost.

> I don’t see how this is true. Care to elaborate?

Kids are developing and need to learn facial non-verbal social cues. It also directly impacts learning, it's harder to understand the teacher, or for the teacher to understand the child. Do you think wearing a mask makes it easier to learn English as a second language? How about dealing with a speech impairment? And overall masking and other policies also just generally makes school less enjoyable more anxiety driven, which also leads to learning loss. They have a real-cost and just as important it is incredibly low-impact when you have other options like vaccination available.

> Also, your school days are 8 hours? Mine were 09:00-15:30, plus travel time.

The base school day sure, but the commute and morning/afternoon activities means masking up for even longer.

[ben_w]

Thanks! :)