The Atlantic
Why I Don’t Think Kids Need Masks Outside
I’m a doctor. I tell parents that outdoor masking is not necessary for their children, for several reasons.
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As parents gradually reap the rewards of vaccination including unmasking outdoors, socializing unmasked indoors with other vaccinated people, and abandoning anxiety about getting seriously ill they’re wondering if they need to keep up pandemic precautions for their children’s sake.
I am a primary-care doctor, and the parents I talk with are deeply concerned about their communities; they also want to see their kids reengage in life. They want to liberate themselves from the intensity of pandemic child care and worry. I can empathize: I’m a mother of three.