What are the odds of a child meeting the CDC definition of an exposure while outdoors trick or treating? It's being recommended. This goes back to an absolutely horrible job of educating the general public when an exposure occurs. As a reminder, since the CDC and health care workers seemingly won't get the word out…..

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-health-recommendations.html

Kids mostly aren't wearing masks except when forced to in schools. I live in CA, which you'd think would be different than what you see in TX. I think children masking is ~5% outside. I feel for the kids forced to. I even see some masked kids with unmasked parents (assume they intend to mask the kids until vaccinated).

This doesn't extend to just the outdoors. This is the reality of kids gathering. It's a main reason why the school mask mandates are silly because even if they were effective (they aren't) the kids are all together elsewhere.

amercer said:

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Who the hell wears a mask on Halloween???

Oh right, everyone.

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I think you missed the "COVID" part

B-1 83 said:

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What are the odds of a child meeting the CDC definition of an exposure while outdoors trick or treating? It's being recommended. This goes back to an absolutely horrible job of educating the general public when an exposure occurs. As a reminder, since the CDC and health care workers seemingly won't get the word out…..

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-health-recommendations.html

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Why are you worried about a "covid exposure" and why are you still concerned about what the CDC states in that regard? Confused by the question. Are you concerned about covid and want to potentially protect your child by wearing a covid mask or are you looking for justification to not make a child wear a mask?

My opinion is stop masking your kid or yourself. If you are at a point where you think you NEED to mask your kid for Halloween, simply do not do Halloween. I haven't masked my kids unless where we go has mask nazis guarding the place (and now I just avoid those places). Kids simply do not need to mask unless they have serious health conditions to consider. At this point, neither do you....

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B-1 83 said:

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What are the odds of a child meeting the CDC definition of an exposure while outdoors trick or treating? It's being recommended. This goes back to an absolutely horrible job of educating the general public when an exposure occurs. As a reminder, since the CDC and health care workers seemingly won't get the word out…..

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-health-recommendations.html

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Why are you worried about a "covid exposure" and why are you still concerned about what the CDC states in that regard? Confused by the question. Are you concerned about covid and want to potentially protect your child by wearing a covid mask or are you looking for justification to not make a child wear a mask?

My opinion is stop masking your kid or yourself. If you are at a point where you think you NEED to mask your kid for Halloween, simply do not do Halloween. I haven't masked my kids unless where we go has mask nazis guarding the place. Kids simply do not need to mask unless they have serious health conditions to consider. At this point, neither do you....

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The concept that such an asinine recommendation would be made, and that many in the public will buy into it simply illustrates the point I was trying to make with the CDC definition of an exposure. Even the "experts" on this board have failed to drive home how/when/where an exposure occurs. Hint: It's not likely outdoors trick or treating, and it's not likely walking around in Home Depot shopping.

We did Halloween normally last year and will do the same this year. My children go to school all day without a mask. Around a month ago, a child in my daughter's class was at school all day and diagnosed worth covid that evening. Not one other kid in the class got sick. 5th grade.

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We did Halloween normally last year and will do the same this year. My children go to school all day without a mask. Around a month ago, a child in my daughter's class was at school all day and diagnosed worth covid that evening. Not one other kid in the class got sick. 5th grade.

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They could all be asymptomatic. Did they test them!?

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Capitol Ag said:

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B-1 83 said:

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What are the odds of a child meeting the CDC definition of an exposure while outdoors trick or treating? It's being recommended. This goes back to an absolutely horrible job of educating the general public when an exposure occurs. As a reminder, since the CDC and health care workers seemingly won't get the word out…..

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/public-health-recommendations.html

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Why are you worried about a "covid exposure" and why are you still concerned about what the CDC states in that regard? Confused by the question. Are you concerned about covid and want to potentially protect your child by wearing a covid mask or are you looking for justification to not make a child wear a mask?

My opinion is stop masking your kid or yourself. If you are at a point where you think you NEED to mask your kid for Halloween, simply do not do Halloween. I haven't masked my kids unless where we go has mask nazis guarding the place. Kids simply do not need to mask unless they have serious health conditions to consider. At this point, neither do you....

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The point
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You're head.

The concept that such an asinine recommendation would be made, and that many in the public will buy into it simply illustrates the point I was trying to make with the CDC definition of an exposure. Even the "experts" on this board have failed to drive home how/when/where an exposure occurs. Hint: It's not likely outdoors trick or treating, and it's not likely walking around in Home Depot shopping.

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100% agree. I see where you're going with this now. But on this forum, you never know. It does appear there are still too many parents that think it's May 2020 still.

Why the hell would anyone get tested with no symptoms?

ReloadAg said:

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Why the hell would anyone get tested with no symptoms?

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Insert "that's the joke" meme

I haven't watched any numbers other than San Antonio … but I feel like the 6 weeks of packed stadiums has to mean something with regard to outdoor transmission?

my son will be wearing a mask. he is going to be a clone trooper. its as safe as any mask the cdc recommends.