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Pros and cons of masks in school

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• People without any symptoms may be infected and spread the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

• Upon speaking, the virus is released into the air, the louder the more.

• The virus can remain airborne for many hours in classrooms.

• Wearing masks is comparatively cheap and easy to implement and supervise.

• At the same time, wearing masks may have physical side effects.

• Face masks impair face recognition and face identification.

• Face masks impair verbal and non-verbal communication.

• Face masks block emotional signaling between teacher and learner.

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