In the early days of the pandamic i was a big supporter of mass wearing. I felt, at the time, relatively small cost for adults and correct potentially good for my benefit. There is evidence to what you're saying when it comes round school closure. You'll see an inversion by party in whether or not school should be opened after trump put his finger on that issue.
When it comes to the COVID-19 vaccination, is the risk of myocarditis greater than the benefit to a healthy male teen? Is natural immunity really better than vaccination--and were we right to mask the kids? Dr. Vinay Prasad of the University of California San Francisco talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about what we learned and didn't learn from COVID so far and how we should handle a pandemic going forward.