[TameAntelope]

We do close all the pools and lakes to children who can't swim, or who swim unsupervised. We literally do not let children swim freely in random bodies of water. It's a huge deal; we hire lifeguards, teach them methods of operating safely in bodies of water, there's all kinds of equipment a child can wear while in the water to prevent drowning...

This isn't a great analogy for you, because it pretty thoroughly proves my point that masking is a very reasonable thing to do, compared to the litany of structure we put around children swimming in pools.

I was a lifeguard at a summer camp for christsake, what a terrible analogy. I literally worked to implement the many systems we use to keep kids safe in bodies of water.

[thoughtstheseus]

This is false. I can confirm there are thousands of “not-closed” lakes in America.

[jimmyjazz14]

I literally live on a lake and kids swim in it unsupervised all the time. I can't but feel you are just trolling at this point.