In January 2022, four UCSF health providers wrote an open letter urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom to drop mask mandates. Among them was Dr. Jeanne Noble, an associate professor of emergency medicine at UCSF. In this episode, Janice Goh, a fourth year PhD student at UCSF and a Synapse contributor, asked Dr. Noble why she believes mask mandates should be lifted, especially among children.