Thursday, August 26, 2021

The Evidence Supporting Mask Mandates in Schools Is Weaker Than Biden Pretends by Jacob Sullum

The Evidence Supporting Mask Mandates in Schools Is Weaker Than Biden Pretends by Jacob Sullum
"Wading into the bitter debate about face mask mandates in schools, President Joe Biden is threatening
civil rights lawsuits
against states that ban such requirements.
...Yet the evidence that the public health benefits of "universal masking" in K-12 schools outweigh its costs is far less impressive than the president suggests.
Other governments seem to recognize that fact. As David Zweig noted in New York Magazine, "many of 
America's peer nations around the world -- including the U.K., Ireland, all of Scandinavia, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Italy -- have exempted kids...
...But the studies the CDC cited to justify that stance generally were not designed to test the effectiveness of mask mandates....Read all!

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