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OTHER VOICES - CHILDREN MASKING

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After observing many children wearing masks, as a local mom I will advocate for their well-being by making a few crucial points that are being ignored at the peril of the children we are trying to protect. Most kids cannot use a mask properly (i.e., sealed around the edges and tight over the nose, and without touching). Kids (and most adults) touch their masks constantly, thereby contaminating them with bacteria and other viruses, many of which can be more harmful to children than COVID-19. Kids also drop masks on the ground and then put them back on their faces. Touching a mask places whatever bacteria or virus is on one’s hand directly on to the mask surface, where it sits all day. Now, by God’s grace, COVID-19 has proven to spare most children from any severe illness. Yet, the same cannot be said for bacteria such as E. coli, staph, or strep. And the flu virus is very hard on children. During the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009, 358 pediatric flu deaths occurred in that year alone (pe