You could at least make an attempt to consider differences amd whether those differences might matter.

* Adult vs child

* Material (e.g. cotton)

* Quality

* Wash / replacement schedule

* Activities performed

And while you're at it, consider that kids aren't dropping like flies from covid, either. So if you're performing a cost / benefit analysis, the cost to kids wearing masks doesn't need to be very high before it gets higher than whatever benefit the masks offer.

> So if you're performing a cost / benefit analysis, the cost to kids wearing masks doesn't need to be very high before it gets higher than whatever benefit the masks offer.

Outright death is rare, but there's quite a few pediatric hospitalizations. They likely come with long term consequences, too.

For that matter, influenza has been greatly reduced, and there's a lot of chronic sequelae to influenza infection in youth.

And don't forget to add secondary consequences. I'm still willing to teach them in part because of reduced risk to me and my father thanks to masking. And a slightly reduced chance of killing a parent or grandparent by bringing home COVID is notable, too.

They get new masks every few hours. Or they did before the pandemic anyway.

That depends on how long they are in surgery, I'd think. And isn't the reason for switching masks not because of adverse affects to the surgeon, but to protect the patient? We have similar things with rubber gloves: You don't need to change gloves so often if you are, say, cleaning.