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His point is that the job satisfaction of adults is important and saving it requires our collective agreement that 1+1=3.

The point of masking in schools was maybe, once, based on the theory that it would keep the children and teachers safe. Now, the point is that we must exert every lever of control at our disposal. It just so happens that the only group of people who we can reliably control are children, as they cannot vote, do not have fully-formed civil rights, and (in the main) are legally required to attend government run schools each day.

So, while they'd love to make everyone else mask, they realize they practically cannot -- so they focus on children. It's grotesque.