students wear masks how do you answer that? first of all patients a my co-author and i are pro- masks and we have been talking about that for a long time but when it comes to imposing mask restrictions on 56 million american children, where is the data there is one inconclusive study we found in some kids do well with masks but others struggle severely. they develop dermatologic reactions they cannot see and then that affects with those with learning disabilities who wear glasses it alters one s breathing and that can change whether they kid induces mouth breathing which can affect development 40 percent of cases of anxiety are changes in breathing patterns and also they lose the human connection they are muted and facial expressions which is an important form of communication and they need to visualize the pronunciation of words for phonetic development. clock masks may have a very minimal reduction in