How To Get Your Kids To Wear Face Masks During The Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

How To Get Your Kids To Wear Face Masks During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Huff Post  

dragana991 via Getty Images Getting children to wear masks for more than a few minutes at a time isn't easy, experts say. “It allows them to feel like they have some ownership or control over the process,” said Allison Tappon, a child life specialist with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — herself a mom of two young kids. “It’s important to start this process before there is a need for your child to wear a mask,” said Tappon. If your kid is old enough, you can be really honest with them and say something like: “Right now, we’re hearing you might need to wear a mask at school,” Tappon said. Or a hat your kid will keep on.” “Don’t just ask them, ‘Is the mask uncomfortable?’ because they’ll say no,” laughed Tappon.

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Start Wearing Masks, Says Health Minister
1 year ago

Start Wearing Masks, Says Health Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha on Wednesday urged the public to start wearing masks in public places and follow social distance protocols, while chairing a review on Covid-19 control in the state in the wake of the emergence of the JN.1 variant. The minister said that people experiencing Covid-like symptoms must visit a doctor, get advice and get themselves tested …

Expert who has never caught Covid tells Aussies to wear face masks every time they leave the house - amid fresh mandate in one state
1 year, 1 month ago

Expert who has never caught Covid tells Aussies to wear face masks every time they leave the house - amid fresh mandate in one state

Daily Mail  

A leading epidemiologist who has never caught Covid-19 has advised Australians to wear face masks every time they leave the house to avoid catching the virus. Dr Zoe Hyde,who has never caught Covid-19 has advised Australians to wear face masks every time they leave the house if they want to stay Covid-free A recent surge in Covid-19 cases - Australia's …

COVID-19: should we start wearing masks again?
1 year, 4 months ago

COVID-19: should we start wearing masks again?

The Hindu  

One thing that can be guaranteed about COVID-19 is that evolution will provide us with a more or less constant stream of new coronavirus variants, some of which will be more successful at infecting people. It’s this worry that there may be a new wave of infections that has got some people talking about the need to reintroduce measures that …

Measures such as lockdowns and masks ‘unequivocally reduced Covid infections’
1 year, 4 months ago

Measures such as lockdowns and masks ‘unequivocally reduced Covid infections’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Measures taken during the Covid-19 pandemic such as social distancing …

Masking emotions: Here's how children show signs of mask dependence
1 year, 11 months ago

Masking emotions: Here's how children show signs of mask dependence

Hindustan Times  

Face masks are now frequently used during acute infection occurrences, which creates the issue of people being unable to read the emotions of others while the empirical research on face masks primarily uses adult data, ignoring, for instance, schoolchildren who are heavily reliant on successful nonverbal communication. The face mask would unquestionably serve as a symbol or icon for the …

Covid Restrictions creep back into American life - as Michigan and Massachusetts begin Mask Mandates
1 year, 11 months ago

Covid Restrictions creep back into American life - as Michigan and Massachusetts begin Mask Mandates

Daily Mail  

Hundreds of thousands more students across the US have been placed under Covid restrictions as schools and colleges bring back mask and testing mandates. It means more than 600,000 students are living with Covid rules — despite little evidence that they reduce transmission — after students in New Jersey and Pennsylvania were also put under mask mandates last week. Superintendent …

Covid: People urged to wear masks and stay at home if unwell as NHS under immense pressure
2 years ago

Covid: People urged to wear masks and stay at home if unwell as NHS under immense pressure

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In “back-to-school advice” issued on Monday, the UKHSA warned that flu and Covid are currently …

The Best KN95 Face Masks For Kids To Wear Back To School
2 years, 5 months ago

The Best KN95 Face Masks For Kids To Wear Back To School

Huff Post  

Back-to-school season is upon us, and as your little ones prepare to resume their studies, the best way to help protect them from COVID -19 is with a mask or face covering. Despite most U.S. public schools making masking optional this school year, it’s still a good idea to wear one: The new BA.5 subvariant is highly transmissible, infections are …

Are masks still effective even when many aren’t wearing them? What experts say
2 years, 8 months ago

Are masks still effective even when many aren’t wearing them? What experts say

LA Times  

Airports and airlines dropped their mask requirements after a Florida federal judge voided the Biden administration’s mask mandate for planes, trains and buses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wanted a couple more weeks to make sure the recent modest increase in coronavirus cases wouldn’t threaten hospitals, and giving that time to the agency’s scientists would’ve helped “make sure …

Usage of masks should be relaxed among children say experts as skin infection risk increased
2 years, 9 months ago

Usage of masks should be relaxed among children say experts as skin infection risk increased

Firstpost  

Also, as the benefit of using masks is low when the virus circulation is limited, experts feel the central government should remove the compulsion for kids. “It is a medical truism that everything that has effects also has side effects,” said Dr Maninder Singh Dhaliwal, associate director of pediatrics, Medanta Hospital, Gurgaon, when asked about the usage of face masks. …

Is it too risky for kids to go maskless at school and day care? What experts say
2 years, 10 months ago

Is it too risky for kids to go maskless at school and day care? What experts say

LA Times  

With mask mandates easing, some parents and schools will have much to think about in the coming weeks. Because children under 5 aren’t eligible to be vaccinated, day care centers with those younger kids “still need to use masks.” Maldonado, who chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases, said people who say masks and distancing don’t work …

Coronavirus Today: To mask or not to mask
2 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Today: To mask or not to mask

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, March 1. Either way, Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s health and human services secretary, wants you to know that the decision was “driven by the data and the science.” That includes coronavirus case numbers, which are now averaging about 33,000 cases per day. The new state rules come with an important caveat: Local health officials …

Some Americans welcome new CDC mask guidance. Others are wary
2 years, 10 months ago

Some Americans welcome new CDC mask guidance. Others are wary

LA Times  

Patrons take off their masks inside Philippe’s restaurant in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. J.B. Pritzker said that the statewide school mask mandate will be lifted Monday in response to the new guidance, although Chicago Public Schools officials said they will continue to require masks “to maintain health and safety measures.” Los Angeles on Friday began allowing people who are …

Washington officials to assess new mask guidance from CDC
2 years, 10 months ago

Washington officials to assess new mask guidance from CDC

Associated Press  

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington’s March 21 date to lift the statewide mask mandate remains in place for now as state officials review new guidance Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says people in most places can safely take a break from wearing facial coverings. Jay Inslee, said in an email Friday that the office has not …

Abcarian: Masks may be going away. I'll use mine to fight the flu
2 years, 10 months ago

Abcarian: Masks may be going away. I'll use mine to fight the flu

LA Times  

This is how the mask mandate is going in our house: On Monday, the sixth-grader, who wore her surgical mask all day at school, including when she ran a mile in P.E., came home and plopped onto the couch to start her Mandarin homework. Gavin Newsom dramatically described as a “date with destiny,” the state was scheduled to drop its …

Debate rages over whether kids should wear masks at school
2 years, 11 months ago

Debate rages over whether kids should wear masks at school

NPR  

Debate rages over whether kids should wear masks at school Should we put KN95 masks on children or take all masks off? What's different about this moment is that there's a third camp emerging of parents, doctors and advocates who are pro-vaccine and anti-mask mandates for children, and they're getting louder. KAMENETZ: About two-thirds of large school districts, plus many …

Where To Get Kids' KN95 Masks And Surgical Masks
2 years, 11 months ago

Where To Get Kids' KN95 Masks And Surgical Masks

Huff Post  

Images By Tang Ming Tung via Getty Images Parents have had to manage unprecedented levels of stress during the pandemic. Infections have been surging since mid-December, and as a result, health officials are recommending that everyone, including kids, ditch cloth masks in favor of a KN95 mask, the Chinese equivalent of the U.S. N95. You’ve likely seen kids sporting cute …

Should young children be made to wear face masks?
3 years, 2 months ago

Should young children be made to wear face masks?

BBC  

Should young children be made to wear face masks? Getty Images In Singapore, it's common for young children to wear masks against Covid – but some parents worry it might affect their development In Singapore and many other countries around the world, it's common for young children to wear masks against Covid-19 – but aside from the protection they provide …

Show And Tell: How Are Your Kids Getting Creative With Masks?
3 years, 3 months ago

Show And Tell: How Are Your Kids Getting Creative With Masks?

NPR  

Show And Tell: How Are Your Kids Getting Creative With Masks? Enlarge this image Justin Paget/Getty Images Justin Paget/Getty Images There are a lot of questions around masking kids at school. For kids, masks can be a disturbing visual reminder every day that they're living in a global pandemic. Here's how to get in touch: Postcards: Take a photo of …

Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID?
3 years, 3 months ago

Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID?

Associated Press  

Can kids be harmed wearing masks to protect against COVID? No, there is no scientific evidence showing masks cause harm to kids’ health despite baseless claims suggesting otherwise. “We don’t know for sure that masks have no developmental effects but we do know that there are adverse effects from not trying to stop transmission,’’ said Dr. Emily Levy, a critical …

How To Help Kids Cope With Being The Only Mask-Wearer In School
3 years, 4 months ago

How To Help Kids Cope With Being The Only Mask-Wearer In School

Huff Post  

blackCAT via Getty Images When Nicholas, 35, sent his son to third grade earlier this month, he did a lot of the usual getting prepared — buying back-to-school supplies, talking to his son about the friends and teachers he was excited to see again. “We’re telling him we’re doing everything we can to keep him and other kids safe.” Countless …

More protests follow mask orders in Oakland, Ottawa counties
3 years, 4 months ago

More protests follow mask orders in Oakland, Ottawa counties

Associated Press  

PONTIAC, Mich. — Protesters turned out Wednesday in a large suburban Detroit county, a day after officials said masks would be required in schools, the latest local mandate linked to rising COVID-19 cases. On the other side of Michigan, more than 100 parents and kids showed up Tuesday night in Ottawa County, equally upset with a recent mask order for …

Use These 6 Expert Tips To Find The Best Masks For Your Kids
3 years, 4 months ago

Use These 6 Expert Tips To Find The Best Masks For Your Kids

NPR  

Use These 6 Expert Tips To Find The Best Masks For Your Kids Enlarge this image toggle caption Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group via Getty Images Which masks are best to keep kids safe? For younger kids especially, you want to choose a mask that is comfortable, so they won't fiddle with it all day long, …

Children are contracting COVID-19 but what are the risks? We answer your questions
3 years, 4 months ago

Children are contracting COVID-19 but what are the risks? We answer your questions

ABC  

South-east Queensland's most recent outbreak of COVID-19 is a reminder that children are not exempt from contracting the Delta variant. "It's really, really hard to discern those two different possibilities with the sort of epidemiological data we have," Dr Short said. "It's not to say that children can't get infected, and it's not to say that children can't get severe …

Does mask wearing harm children’s development? Experts weigh in
3 years, 4 months ago

Does mask wearing harm children’s development? Experts weigh in

CNN  

CNN — For young children, the pandemic comes at a crucial time for developing skills important for empathy, safety and more – a phase that some parents worry will be impaired by mask-wearing. “I think once masks are gone or almost gone, whatever impact it has, we’ll quickly recover,” said Dr. Hugh Bases, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at …

A timeline of the CDC’s advice on face masks
3 years, 5 months ago

A timeline of the CDC’s advice on face masks

LA Times  

The story of mask requirements in the United States has had many twists and turns since the early days of the pandemic, when the U.S. surgeon general urged Americans to “STOP BUYING MASKS!” Since then, government and public health leaders have urged us to wear face masks even when walking around our neighborhoods alone, and told us to keep wearing …

Should you still wear a face mask?
3 years, 5 months ago

Should you still wear a face mask?

Al Jazeera  

A couple of weeks ago I visited London for work and had to take the Underground. The chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty spoke at the same briefing, saying he would continue to wear a mask in three situations: “The first is in any situation which was indoors and crowded; if asked to do so by any competent authority; and …

Editorial: It’s OK to keep your mask on even when you don’t have to
3 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: It’s OK to keep your mask on even when you don’t have to

LA Times  

Californians who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer required to wear a face covering in most settings now that the state has lifted pandemic restrictions. The risk of infection is very low for vaccinated people, but it’s not zero and they can pass it on to others who are not yet fully inoculated. Many people in Asian societies …

Worried About How to Keep Your Kids Safe During Covid-19? All You Need to Know
3 years, 6 months ago

Worried About How to Keep Your Kids Safe During Covid-19? All You Need to Know

News 18  

The Ayush Ministry has issued a detailed set of homecare guidelines for protecting children against Covid-19 as there was a spike in instances of children contracting virus during the second wave. Here are ten guidelines for protecting children against Covid-19: • The guidelines stress on children washing their hands often and wearing masks while outside their house. • Children should …

Ayush Ministry Issues Guidelines to Protect Children from Covid-19. All You Need to Know
3 years, 6 months ago

Ayush Ministry Issues Guidelines to Protect Children from Covid-19. All You Need to Know

News 18  

Preventive healthcare through Ayurvedic medicines and natraceuticals, wearing masks, doing Yoga, monitoring for five warning signs, opting for tele-consultations and vaccination for parents are among the guidelines issued by the Ayush Ministry in a detailed document prepared by it to protect children during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The guidelines say that contrary to the adults, it is very difficult to …

Who should wear mask and who shouldn’t? Check new Covid guidelines for kids
3 years, 7 months ago

Who should wear mask and who shouldn’t? Check new Covid guidelines for kids

Live Mint  

The recent guidelines for Covid management in children clarifies on the need for masks in the population below 18 years of age. The new guidelines state that children aged 5 years or less are not required to wear masks. The guidelines also directed that children below the age of 18 years should not be given Remdesivir for treatment of Covid-19. …

Cities are Unlocking, But Precautions Vital: Don't Repeat these Deadly Mistakes from Covid 2nd Wave
3 years, 7 months ago

Cities are Unlocking, But Precautions Vital: Don't Repeat these Deadly Mistakes from Covid 2nd Wave

News 18  

The second wave of Covid-19 proved devastating for India, as cases saw a deathly uptick, and the lack of oxygen and hospital beds and healthcare facilities in many states saw fatal consequences. In its briefing the Joint Secretary said that among half of the population who wear a mask, 64 percent just cover their mouth but not nose, which is …

What the new CDC mask guidance means for kids under 12
3 years, 7 months ago

What the new CDC mask guidance means for kids under 12

CNN  

CNN — When the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its new mask guidance last week, it didn’t include guidance to vaccinated parents who have unvaccinated children, leaving many parents confused about what to do. Among the 24 states and New York City reporting data, children have made up “1.3%-3.1% of total reported hospitalizations, and between 0.1%-1.9% of …

Even With The No-Mask Guidance, Some Pockets Of The U.S. Aren't Ready To Let Go
3 years, 7 months ago

Even With The No-Mask Guidance, Some Pockets Of The U.S. Aren't Ready To Let Go

NPR  

Even With The No-Mask Guidance, Some Pockets Of The U.S. Aren't Ready To Let Go Enlarge this image toggle caption Nathan Howard/Getty Images Nathan Howard/Getty Images As more states shed their universal mask mandates for those who are vaccinated, many Americans are weighing how much faith to put in the new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Dr Fauci says kids will STILL have to wear masks
3 years, 7 months ago

Dr Fauci says kids will STILL have to wear masks

Daily Mail  

Dr Anthony Fauci said that six month-old babies could be getting vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of the year. Dr Anthony Fauci gave his first interview since the mask guidance update on Thursday and told CNN he 'wouldn't want to declare victory prematurely' and it's not over Fauci said kids should wear masks until they can get fully vaccinated. …

Time to wear mask even at home, don't step out unnecessarily: Govt
3 years, 8 months ago

Time to wear mask even at home, don't step out unnecessarily: Govt

India Today  

In what can be seen as an admission of a major spread in Covid-19 infection and a note of caution for the people, the government on Monday said the time has now come to wear a mask even at home. Addressing a press briefing on India's Covid-19 situation, Dr VK Paul, Member, Niti Aayog, said this is the time to …

Michigan’s mask mandate is expanded to kids ages 2-4
3 years, 8 months ago

Michigan’s mask mandate is expanded to kids ages 2-4

CNN  

CNN — As Michigan grapples with a surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, state officials have expanded the mask mandate to include children as young as 2. Beaumont Health’s eight hospitals in two Detroit-area counties are 90-95% full, and the number of their Covid-19 patients jumped from 129 in late February to more than 800 patients now, system officials said …

What you need to know about face masks as protection against Covid-19
3 years, 11 months ago

What you need to know about face masks as protection against Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — Let’s face it: Even as more people get vaccinated against Covid-19, everyone but small children will still need to wear a face mask for the foreseeable future. If everyone would wear N95 masks for four weeks in risky settings, “it would stop the epidemic,” Dr. Abraar Karan, an internal medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard …

Coronavirus: Face masks become compulsory in secondary school corridors in England under lockdown rules
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus: Face masks become compulsory in secondary school corridors in England under lockdown rules

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Secondary school …

7 Face Masks Your Kids May Actually Wear
4 years, 3 months ago

7 Face Masks Your Kids May Actually Wear

Wired  

For three years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued complicated—and occasionally contradictory—guidance on when you should wear a mask, depending on whether you're inside, outside, vaccinated, or not vaccinated. Unvaccinated children 2 years old and above should wear face masks in public spaces. However, these masks have not been tested for broad use on smaller children, …

What are the rules on masks in schools?
4 years, 3 months ago

What are the rules on masks in schools?

Associated Press  

What are the rules on masks in schools? Whether students have to wear masks, and the trouble they could face if they don’t, depends on where they go to school. In the northern Italian town of Codogno that was hit hard by the virus, elementary and middle school students have to wear masks. Back in the U.S., Utah’s school mask …

What you need to know about coronavirus on Wednesday, August 26
4 years, 4 months ago

What you need to know about coronavirus on Wednesday, August 26

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in the August 26 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. CDC’s modified guidelines say people who were within six feet of a Covid-19 positive individual for at least 15 minutes, and are not showing symptoms, “do not necessarily need a test.” The change troubled health experts in America, which has been besieged …

Kids 5 and under don’t need masks against coronavirus, WHO says
4 years, 4 months ago

Kids 5 and under don’t need masks against coronavirus, WHO says

CNN  

CNN — Children 5 and under should not be made to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization and UNICEF said Monday. “According to the limited available evidence, young children may have lower susceptibility to infection compared to adults, however available data suggests that this may vary by age among children,” WHO and UNICEF said. WHO has …

Covid-19 pandemic: WHO urges children aged 12 and over to wear masks like adults
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic: WHO urges children aged 12 and over to wear masks like adults

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization recently said that children aged 12 and above must wear masks to help tackle the spread of Covid-19 pandemic under the same conditions applicable to adults. Whether children between six and 11 should wear masks depends on a number of factors, including the intensity of transmission in the area, the child’s ability to use the mask, …

12 fun kids’ face masks for the COVID-19 pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

12 fun kids’ face masks for the COVID-19 pandemic

LA Times  

With in-person school just starting for many children, face masks have become the new backpacks in terms of being necessities for at least 2020 and 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children 2 and older “wear masks in public and when around people who don’t live in your household.” As the world adjusts to life in …

In Victoria and forgot to buy a face mask? Here are some alternatives that will meet coronavirus rules
4 years, 5 months ago

In Victoria and forgot to buy a face mask? Here are some alternatives that will meet coronavirus rules

ABC  

If you're in regional Victoria and have found yourself in a scramble to get your hands on a mask before they become compulsory on August 3, never fear. Victoria's new face mask rules Wearing masks will be compulsory for people outside the home in metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire from Thursday. The sock mask Several videos of people turning …

The dos and don'ts of Melbourne's face mask rules. When and how to wear one, and will it stop me catching coronavirus?
4 years, 5 months ago

The dos and don'ts of Melbourne's face mask rules. When and how to wear one, and will it stop me catching coronavirus?

ABC  

Almost everyone in Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire must now cover their face when they leave the house or face a $200 fine. However, Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton said recent evidence showed that wearing a mask "makes a practical difference". "So just following people who wear masks and the settings in which masks are worn has shown that there's …

Advice on using face masks during the coronavirus pandemic has changed — here's what you need to know
4 years, 5 months ago

Advice on using face masks during the coronavirus pandemic has changed — here's what you need to know

ABC  

There's been a lot of talk about the use of face masks since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic way back in March. But Australian health experts have not been recommending healthy people wear face masks and have warned wearing them incorrectly can put us at risk during the pandemic. It says: Touching the mask during use or when …

How to make a mask to wear during the coronavirus pandemic as Victoria battles to contain COVID-19 outbreak
4 years, 5 months ago

How to make a mask to wear during the coronavirus pandemic as Victoria battles to contain COVID-19 outbreak

ABC  

Authorities have told residents of Metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire that if they can't keep 1.5 metres from people in the coming weeks, they should wear a mask. Some material — cotton is preferable and make sure there is enough to create several layers about 25cm x 15cm each Some material — cotton is preferable and make sure there is …

Melburnians urged to wear masks as Victoria records 288 new coronavirus cases
4 years, 6 months ago

Melburnians urged to wear masks as Victoria records 288 new coronavirus cases

ABC  

Victorians have been urged to wear masks when they leave their homes after the state recorded 288 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, the largest daily increase of the pandemic so far. Key points: The advice is not mandatory and Victorians will not be fined if they choose not to wear a mask The advice is not mandatory and Victorians will …

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