Covid and Kids

Covid and Kids

#Kids #kids #masks
Bonus Back to School Edition: Keeping Kids Covid Safe
Bonus Back to School Edition: Keeping Kids Covid Safe
“A look at the struggles that Covid aware parents (and children) are facing as we head into another school year. The increase in bullying, peer pressure and mocking for masking is a BIG problem.”
A look at the struggles that Covid aware parents (and children) are facing as we head into another school year. The increase in bullying, peer pressure and mocking for masking is a BIG problem.
·disabledginger.com·
Bonus Back to School Edition: Keeping Kids Covid Safe
Leave Those Kids Alone
Leave Those Kids Alone
“Instead of bullying a child strong enough to be the only person wearing a mask in school, those being cruel should show some humility and confront the possibility the child might be better informed about human health or have private reasons for continuing to be cautious. Public health bodies and public institutions should do more to protect personal choice and prevent bullying and stigmatization for masking.”
·johnsnowproject.org·
Leave Those Kids Alone
On the CDC website…
On the CDC website…
August 2024 advice from CDC: kids wear a mask at school to precent Covid infection. Covid is not over. Covid has NEVER been over.
·x.com·
On the CDC website…
A COVID-Free School? Here’s How
A COVID-Free School? Here’s How

Thread One school has been 100% Covid-free with 0 learning loss: Good masks indoors, zero 'mask breaks,' everyone eats outdoors even in bad weather, every room has a HEPA or CR-box and CO2 monitor, at 650 windows open, and at 800 students vacate the room.

·tasmaniantimes.com·
A COVID-Free School? Here’s How
UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge
UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge

UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge “Our findings suggest that measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, such as masks and vaccines, may be substantially beneficial to children’s mental health both now and in the future.”

·windsor.ctvnews.ca·
UWindsor researchers discover children’s mental health worsens when COVID-19 cases surge
Jerome Adams on Twitter
Jerome Adams on Twitter

Thread Todays IDK who needs to hear this:

Children under age 5 (ie those both ineligible for vaccinations, and most unable to wear a well fitted mask) have a higher death rate than older kids from the virus. They account for 15% of pediatric Covid cases but 35% of pediatric deaths.

·twitter.com·
Jerome Adams on Twitter
Kids can, and should, wear masks in schools
Kids can, and should, wear masks in schools

Kids can, and should, wear masks in schools “The results have been stunning: in San Francisco schools there have been only seven cases of transmission this year. Contrast that to England, where last week 270,000 schoolchildren were infected. Of those, around 1 per cent may be hospitalised”.

·theage.com.au·
Kids can, and should, wear masks in schools