I think the best answer can come from the history of China pre-coronavirus. There, mask wearing is far from common, but in a crowd of 100 people you will likely find at least one person wearing a mask and sometimes 10 or more. Often people wear masks because they have a cold and think mask-wearing will protect others. I’m not sure specifically if this trend is also present in pre-corona, Chinese schools, but it makes sense that they would be similar to the general population.
Mask wearing really didn’t start in pre-corona China until there was a sars outbreak around 2004. And their intermittent mask-wearing lasted up until 2019. I would extrapolate from this history that at least 1-10% of children in America schools will be wearing masks in school until at least 2035. Probably with a lot of variation betwixt leftists and conservatives. Currently 0% of children wear masks in many Florida and Georgia schools. Whereas in California, as you’ve seen, entire schools remain masked.
I think the best answer can come from the history of China pre-coronavirus. There, mask wearing is far from common, but in a crowd of 100 people you will likely find at least one person wearing a mask and sometimes 10 or more. Often people wear masks because they have a cold and think mask-wearing will protect others. I’m not sure specifically if this trend is also present in pre-corona, Chinese schools, but it makes sense that they would be similar to the general population.
Mask wearing really didn’t start in pre-corona China until there was a sars outbreak around 2004. And their intermittent mask-wearing lasted up until 2019. I would extrapolate from this history that at least 1-10% of children in America schools will be wearing masks in school until at least 2035. Probably with a lot of variation betwixt leftists and conservatives. Currently 0% of children wear masks in many Florida and Georgia schools. Whereas in California, as you’ve seen, entire schools remain masked.