Kristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP 🦄

I've been surprised and saddened as our school absentee rates have been so high due to illness and schools haven't reinstated mask mandates. #MasksWork and we need to do something to slow the current rates of illness that are filling pediatric hospitals.

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Nov 10, 2022 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadKristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP 🦄Nov 10, 2022

This is a fabulous study and commentary on the benefits of #MasksInSchools. If you ever doubted the effectiveness of masks, take a look.

#MedMastodon #medtwitter #SaveTheChildren

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2211029

Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff | NEJM

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Lifting Universal Masking in Schools — Covid-19 Incidence among Students and Staff

New England Journal of Medicine
Show threadlara croftNov 10, 2022
@pediatricskc as soon as I mention covid I get told to use CW..
Show threadKristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP 🦄Nov 10, 2022
@laracroft that's something I can consider but I'm not sure when to use it.
Show threadKristen Stuppy, MD, FAAP 🦄Nov 11, 2022
@laracroft I've been reflecting on this. I'm in Med-Mastodon, and this is a medical issue, so I don't think it's appropriate to hide it. On a different server that makes more sense.