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    Quote Originally Posted by njtom View Post
    With daily Covid-19 fatalities in the USA down from 2000 to 300 in the past few weeks, I think we've seen the end of government-issued mask mandates. I do see (at least in my area) doctors' offices continuing to mandate masks, and I have no problem with this.

    As to the question of whether studies have shown that masks "work", I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. Studies I've read indicate that surgical-style masks (not cloth masks) do help.

    Surgical masks reduce COVID-19 spread, large-scale study shows | News Center | Stanford Medicine
    An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
    Effectiveness of Mask Wearing to Control Community Spread of SARS-CoV-2 | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network
    Masks do extraordinary harm to children.

    Face masks DO harm children's development: Study blames them for 'significantly reduced' development | Daily Mail Online

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    Quote Originally Posted by njtom View Post
    With daily Covid-19 fatalities in the USA down from 2000 to 300 in the past few weeks, I think we've seen the end of government-issued mask mandates. I do see (at least in my area) doctors' offices continuing to mandate masks, and I have no problem with this.

    As to the question of whether studies have shown that masks "work", I guess we'll have to agree to disagree. Studies I've read indicate that surgical-style masks (not cloth masks) do help.

    Surgical masks reduce COVID-19 spread, large-scale study shows | News Center | Stanford Medicine
    An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19
    Effectiveness of Mask Wearing to Control Community Spread of SARS-CoV-2 | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network
    although they lifted our mask mandate (at work) they told us not to dispose of the masks because we might need them again in case another variant drops (and you know it will...)

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    although they lifted our mask mandate (at work) they told us not to dispose of the masks because we might need them again in case another variant drops (and you know it will...)
    So carry one in your pocket or purse just in case. I had my annual at the med center yesterday and had to...wear a mask. Ugh

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    So carry one in your pocket or purse just in case. I had my annual at the med center yesterday and had to...wear a mask. Ugh
    I don't think the medical folks will ever give them up. Although my job is academic and research, we are connected to the hospital so I need to carry one around all the time. I keep a kn95 in a wrapper in my purse. Going back and forth, I'm sure it's not the most sanitary thing, so I just avoid the hospital, at least I'm saving money on all the coffee I'm not buying.

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    NYC Leftists still damaging children with mask mandates.

    The New York City health commissioner called masking children an "indefinite" prospect just one day after New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) promised angered parents he'd get rid of the mask mandates.

    Dr. Ashwin Vasan, the 44th health commissioner of NYC, was speaking at a COVID-19 briefing in Queens Friday where he attempted to balance his concerns as a parent with his understanding as a doctor, CBS News reported. Without approval to vaccinate children under five years old, Vasan doesn't see another way forward.

    "I think it's indefinite at this point. People who have tried to predict the future in this pandemic have had egg on their face, and I'm not going to do that today," Vasan said, suggesting that even now, with the known minimal risk faced by children, he would be unwilling to rescind the mandate.

    "As a father of a two-and-a-half-year-old and two other older kids," Vasan attempted to relate, "I want to keep them as safe as possible. I would love nothing more than to send my son to daycare without a mask. But as a scientist, and as a doctor, and an epidemiologist, I want to keep him safe because he's not eligible for a vaccine."

    All students in New York over the age of five had their mask mandate lifted on March 2 and Adams had said, "If we don't have a spike, we're going to lift for your babies as well. I want them taking their mask off."
    NYC health commissioner sets off outrage saying kids under 5 need to be masked 'indefinitely'

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    The least statistically to get it or die from it, and they want it to be permanent. How stupid are these people?

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    The least statistically to get it or die from it, and they want it to be permanent. How stupid are these people?
    They haven't yet profited from the vaccine for that age group.

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