Thomas Murray, MD, PhD

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2022 "We can't wear masks forever, but you can't have kids missing 10 days of school every so often because of quarantine," Murray says.
2022 JAMA Network Open - Association of Child Masking With COVID-19-Related Closures in US Childcare Programs
2022 National Geographic - Do masks really harm kids? Here's what the science says.
Back then children who were doing remote learning experienced increased levels of anxiety and depression because they weren't at school with their peers.
It's understandable why there might be confusion, says Thomas Murray, a pediatrician at the Yale University School of Medicine.
So, if schools are going to remove masking policies, he says, they need to think about stepping up ventilation or testing.