Vinay Prasad on School Mask Mandates and Quarantines: warns against

What Prasad says

Dr. Vinay Prasad warns against school mask mandates and quarantines. He was an early member of the Urgency of Normal group (2022), campaigning against school quarantines and mask mandates, and argued for repealing them in a March 2022 interview.

His stated reasoning

Prasad’s stated reasoning is that the policies imposed heavy costs on children’s schooling and development without randomized-evidence support showing they worked. When the evidence base is absent, he says, the default should be keeping children in school rather than restricting them.

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