Don’t Make Kids Wear Masks in Schools

I’ve searched in vain for a reasonable explanation for the recommendation to mask children going back to school this fall. I suspect there is none.

One theoretical justification for continuing to mask children is the belief that someday, probably, there will be a juvenile vaccine against COVID-19, and therefore children could be safer than they are now. So let’s just keep doing this until then. What’s the big deal?

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Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

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I’ve searched in vain for a reasonable explanation for the recommendation to mask children going back to school this fall. I suspect there is none.

One theoretical justification for continuing to mask children is the belief that someday, probably, there will be a juvenile vaccine against COVID-19, and therefore children could be safer than they are now. So let’s just keep doing this until then. What’s the big deal?