I think the young people are staying away in some places for other
reasons.  It seems many of the weekends that don't require masks also don't
have their core of young dancers anymore. I'm not sure they are
related though, as it seems to be the "cool hip dancer" group that
hasn't returned.
On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 1:07 PM Woody Lane via Organizers <
organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
  FYI, here are some recent (scientific) journal
articles about the effects
 of masking:
 Revisiting the Protective Value of Barrier Face Coverings After the
 COVID-19 Pandemic
 Theodore J. Witek JrDrPH, James A. ScottPhD, and John R. BalmesMD
 American Journal of Public Health (ajph) June 2022
 
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306833
 Maintaining face mask use before and after achieving different COVID-19
 vaccination coverage levels: a modelling study
 The Lancet Public Health, Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2022, Pages e356-e365
 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468266722000408
 Does wearing a mask while exercising amid COVID-19 pandemic affect
 hemodynamic and hematologic function among healthy individuals?
 Implications of mask modality, sex, and exercise intensity
 The Physician and Sportsmedicine, Volume 50, 2022 - Issue 3
 <https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ipsm20/50/3>
 
https://doi.org/10.1080/00913847.2021.1922947
 SEIR Model to address the impact of face masks amid COVID-19 pandemic
 Risk Analysis - An International Journal, 2022
 
https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13958
 Enjoy the reading (and the jargon).
 Woody
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 Woody Lane
 Caller, Percussive Dancer
 Roseburg, Oregon
 
http://www.woodylanecaller.com
 cell: 541-556-0054
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 On 1/4/2023 6:57 PM, Perry Shafran via Organizers wrote:
 If you are wearing a well-fitting N95 mask, it should be providing a good
 seal on exhalation and inhalation.  That is why masking works to prevent
 spread and protect others.  And while one-way masking is good protection,
 science has shown us that universal masking is even better.
 Also, it actually does matter what we do at dances, but it is because we
 are part of society as a whole.  If we have covid spread at a dance, every
 one who was in that hall was exposed, and they all have to go out in the
 world and encounter other people.  And if they are not wearing masks when
 they do that, then there is that potential spread to others, and so on.
 Required masking at dances shuts off all of those vectors.
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