loveall wrote: » Kid sounds as though they'd rather wear a mask than be ridiculed. Try it....what harm?
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » A regulated surgical mask in a clinical environment maybe but an unregulated filthy snot rag that has been knocking around your arse pocket which you constantly fiddle, touch and wear around your chin will have zero impact on the spread of any respiratory virus. But go ahead and believe your logic if it makes you feel better about the whole thing.
Hunky Monster wrote: » Get a grip.
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » I don't like it and it doesn't stop the spread of the virus. Why do you think a dirty piece on unregulated polyester would stop the spread of the virus?
radia wrote: » In fairness, I don't think anyone is lumpenly accepting anything. The purpose of the plastic is to reduce the forward transmission of aerosol droplets expelled from the respiratory system of the wearer towards the face of someone else. Will it stop transmission entirely? No, of course not. Air will travel down and around (like it travels out of the sides/bottom/top of a mask unless it's moulded to the face, which most aren't). However it can certainly reduce transmission, with some droplets being coughed onto, and remaining on, the inside of the mask.
LillySV wrote: » I’d rather the school protect the rights of the rest of the classes health over the perceived medical reason for one not to wear a mask and risk spreading it to others
todolist wrote: » Why is my son more likely to spread a disease he doesn't have.Should he be made sit on the roof of the bus on the way into school to protect other passengers?
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » A very very small possibility of a reduction in transmission, which begs the question is all this disruption worth it when very few people have this virus, very few people are dying and very few people are in hospital.
Princess Calla wrote: » To be honest this type of response does nothing to help your argument. Look at it from other parents point of view too.... Alot of parents have really wrestled with sending their kids back to school, but risk v reward school won out. Do you think they'll be overly pleased if their child was seated beside a non mask wearing child for the full day? The mask is to mitigate the risk of picking up and spreading the virus, so unfortunately your child not wearing the mask will be seen as the "weak link" in the class and a risk factor.... You may not like to be seen that way, but that's how many parents will perceive it.
jaxxx wrote: » Where are you getting your flimsy little bits of information that you some construe as actual facts? The back of cereal boxes?
todolist wrote: » He came home from school very distressed at they way he was treated.He was clearly victimized because he's been picked out and treated differently. I assumed he would just sit at his designated desk like all his other classmates.
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » You do realise that rights are actually being restricted and curtailed not protected?
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » 30 years of empirical evidence on face masks. Clearly you haven't questioned any of the narrative or thought about this issue independently other than what Government has told you.
kenmm wrote: » I don't think debating the usefulness of masks is helpful to the op. Maybe use one of the many other threads..
Psychiatric Patrick wrote: » I didn't know thee was medical reasons that wouldn't allow wearing of a mask.
Princess Calla wrote: » Yeah there is a list of them. Autism or sensory issues would be the main ones for children.
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » Actually you don't need a medical reason and the school needs to outline under what statutory instrument they are collecting that medical information. This whole fiasco is a nonsense. I cannot get over how so many parents have been so compliant in accepting these restrictions when rationale behind these measures is very questionable. Seems that parents will accept anything in the mistaken assumption that things will just back to normal when the reality is that only when you start to resist and question these measure that these intrusions will stop. All of this is having a serious impact on children's development and parents who blindly accept these measures are complicit in any long term adverse impacts for not questioning these contradictory restrictions.
amdublin wrote: » So what, because you "don't like it", we do nothing? We are all taking lots of different steps - a mask is just one of them. What's next? You "don't like" people washing their hands?
todolist wrote: » Why is my son more likely to spread a disease he doesn't have.
kenmm wrote: » Maybe start your own thread then and stop banging on about it on someone else's advice thread? Someone comes on, is stressed out and asks a question. Is this the time to be adding more stress to prove your own point?
Mack Jealous Album wrote: » Because he’s not wearing a mask, you don’t know he doesn’t have it.
Mustafa Lemon Weeknight wrote: » It's a relative point because people need to question the rationale behind these measures which are causing the concern. You have to address the underlying issue which are the restrictions in school and what is the basis for excluding that child especially when those reasons are illogical and make no sense.
