Masks in schools: whose freedom is really threatened?

The science is not in dispute. Masks work to combat community spread of COVID-19.

Instead, anger has flared up around the concept of freedom. Somehow, the small act of wearing a protective mask to keep our school kids safe has been framed as a totalitarian power grab. This is absurd.

Parents claim that they don’t want to co-parent with the government, yet they entrust the safety and education of their children to a public institution. This is ...