DON'T Get Your Medical Advice From Cable News!

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— Schooley (@Rschooley) August 20, 2021

READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/vBmxjtyi6c

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) August 21, 2021

Or the intertoobs! DO get your medical advice from traditional print media and Twitter accounts thereof!

There are multiple measures that appear to reduce the spread of Covid in schools. Masking elementary school kids is not among them (as most European nations recognize).https://t.co/osRtekCeNo

— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) August 21, 2021

Or, you know, not:

This study was based on 16 days of data self-reported from around 125 grade schools in Georgia in 2020 regarding various preventative measures, including masking children. The report even says you shouldn't assume causal findings. And even then, the rate was lower w/masks

— jdtechie (@jdtechie) August 21, 2021

Excellent work, doctor. Your deep knowledge of the field of epidemiology and virology, in which you work, is truly astounding.

Just because one study says "masks aren't incredibly effective" doesn't mean they're a bad idea. If we're not cancelling school we have to do SOMETHING.

— #7 Frank Kaminsky Fan #FinalsMVP (@cppilgram) August 21, 2021

And the dispositive observation:

None of the data in the article apply to the present Delta variant surge. As infection rates among pediatric patients increase, and fully-staffed pediatric hospital beds become more scarce, casting doubt on CDC guidelines is irresponsible quackery.

— Doctor Kiddo (@NuLuLib) August 21, 2021

Covid is spreading because the vaccinated are (basically) immune, and the unmasked/unvaccinated are susceptible. The Delta variant has proven to be more infectious in children than the alpha original was. This isn't really that hard to understand. Or is it?