Masks to be required outdoors at Palo Alto's K-8 public schools

No one needs masks anywhere, except perhaps those currently symptomatic and needing to travel in public to access treatment.

Children certainly don't:

"Distancing, hybrid models, classroom barriers, HEPA filters, and, most notably, requiring student masking were each found to not have a statistically significant benefit"

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/the-science-of-maski...

Its possible that the lack of regular human contact and connection (including not being able to see people's faces) is having seriously negative cognitive and development impacts on children; https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2031

They already require masks indoors.

There isn’t a lot of physical distancing at any school playground that I’ve seen. “CDC recommends that people who are not fully vaccinated wear a mask in crowded outdoor settings or during activities that involve sustained close contact with other people.” https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-...

Don't let good sense get in the way of politics.