Comment by stripe_away

My wife is diabetic, which means she is at higher risk from covid. My parents are old.

I have a duty to my family to protect them, and if that means wearing a mask to reduce my risk of getting covid, then their safety overrules my own comfort.

I have a duty to protect my fellow citizens. Some of them are also vulnerable to covid, though I don't know them personally.

The scientific proof of association between school (esp school start) and the spread of disease goes back over 100 years. I see no reason it would be different for covid, perhaps even stronger for covid where many college age people would be asymptomatic or low symtpoms.