Making kids under 6 mask isn t science, it s child abuse

Gov. Kathy Hochul has gone ahead and ordered masking not just for all schoolchildren but for tots age 2 and up in day care. This is, without question, not just senseless but positively harmful.

There s plenty to debate in many anti-COVID measures, but children under 6, without question, should not mask.

Yes, the Centers for Disease Control bureaucrats with the White House pushing for advice that will please the teachers unions recommend masking for all schoolkids (and faculty), even down to preschool. But the World Health Organization says under-6s shouldn t mask.

Crucially, most of Europe doesn t require it and it hasn t been a problem. Spain, France and Italy don t require 5-and-unders to mask; Britain has done away with masks in schools entirely. And none has seen any spike in juvenile cases as a result.

Young children, as the world has known for months now, just aren t prone to contract or transmit the coronavirus. Even the few who contract it are rarely symptomatic.

And masking is terrible for many of them: They re still at a stage of growth where seeing faces and expressions is vital to developing cognitive and social skills. Children with certain disabilities, in particular, need to see teachers faces and lips to learn.

via nypost.com

I agree with this, unless the Science is much different than what one media-obsessed law professor can be expected to figure out.

Wearing a mask makes no sense for me either, or so says my Covid-paranoid MD spousal unit. For my students, yes, she says, but for me, since I’m socially distant from them, I shouldn’t have to. But I do anyway of course. Got to pick your battles. It makes a difference in my teaching and in my class. But there may be some good that comes of it. I imagine everyone having an entranced face on when I talk, like they’re all just riveted to what I’m saying.