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Last Checked Feb. 22, 2022

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Thu Feb 17 20:53:43 +0000 2022

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Guy Benson @guypbenson

@Patterico Fortunately, COVID deaths are vanishingly rare among kids. They are the lowest risk demo in existence. And there is no evidence masking in schools is an effective intervention against transmission among students. There is growing evidence of the harms to kids… — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 17, 2022

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Guy Benson @guypbenson

Strong data-driven case that adult mask mandates are useless, especially in the Omicron era. Debatable. There is *no* good evidence to support forcible masking of *children in schools.* They achieve no good, but cause real harm. And children are exceptionally low risk from COVID. — PolitiTweet.org

Patterico @Patterico

I’ve been sympathetic to the view that mask mandates should lift soon. But we had 3,306 COVID deaths yesterday in t… https://t.co/fu9W0l2pbF

Posted Feb. 17, 2022

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Guy Benson @guypbenson

@Patterico I hate the mask mandates in general at this point (if high risk or risk averse people want to wear fitted medical grade masks, they should of course do so), but I cannot abide these mandates inflicted on kids. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 17, 2022

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