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Why are we making kids under 12 mask up?

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2021-05-29 15:30:02

Our writers hold no party line; their only allegiance is to clarity of thought, elegance of expression and independence of opinion.

Yesterday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released an embarrassment of a statement urging kids under 12, who can’t yet get the vaccine, to keep wearing their masks.

AAP president Lee Savio Beers said in the statement, ‘Children under age 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine, so it’s smart to be cautious and careful, especially when they are playing with friends, accompanying their parents to the grocery store, attending school or camp, and in any other situation in which they are around groups of people, some of whom may not be fully vaccinated.’

Notice there is no reference to a study or any data that supports the assertion that masks on children are at all useful. There aren’t any.

Most places in Europe start masking kids at age 12 while America does it at two. This isn’t because Europeans hate their children and want to see them suffer. It’s because there is no proof that masking small children, who have been shown again and again to be poor spreaders of the COVID-19 virus, makes any difference in containing spread. Forcing children to do something difficult is one thing. Forcing children to do something difficult that is also pointless is another.