Full time mask wearing in schools

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Would you be prepared for your child to wear a mask in lessons etc (even in primary school in say KS2 upwards) if it meant they caught less colds/coughs/temps and didn't have to keep isolating to get a cold? I would definitely be happy for DS 9 to wear one if it meant he got to spend more time in school

Singapore apparently.

Overtherubicon I think people get pleasure from watching people conform to wearing masks when they told them all along...so kind of prolonged, visual "I told you so"

Sockwomble is that always or covid induced?

Where did you hear that Sockwomble?! Based on my experience of actually living here that is completely untrue.
It also has nothing to so with mask wearing in the context of avoiding the spread of covid.

I'm assuming it's because Sockwombles child can't wear a mask.

The thing is here in Asia, for me specifically HK, if I see someone, especially a child without a mask, I would assume a genuine issue that means they can't wear one and I would sympathise. As the vast majority wear them without moaning, or coming up with spurious excuses there's no or little criticism of those who can't.

Sadly in the UK the number of people claiming issues, when actually they just don't like wearing them means I wouldn't make the same assumption.

Sorry meant to add ...

Yes, that's unfair on those with genuine issues. It's just an example of why the selfish attitude in the UK has knock on effects

Someone has said no one over 2 is allowed out without a mask. You may imagine that everyone can wear one but there are children with autism or severe learning ( amongst other things) who won't be able to keep one on so if there are no exemptions then disabled children like my teenage severely autistic son are being kept locked inside which is cruel and abusive.

Adults and children with SEN and disabilities are allowed to wear a face shield in SG. In the special needs schools it is acknowledged that for many it is intolerable and they are not forced to wear them. I find it bizarre that people are peddling out untrue rumours about countries they don't live in.

'Someone'is incorrect Sockwomble. Like everywhere else there are exceptions, as outlined in my post before.

Some people can't wear a face shield either. And if people proudly say there are no execptions/exemptions....

This is acknowledged. There ARE exemptions for disabled and sen people. They are allowed to leave the house. Singapore is not the prison you are imagining.

One poster from Singapore seems to think there are no exceptions.

Absolutely not

Ks2 and secondary seems a far trade off. Dd has been issued with a clear mask for university as one in her seminar group has hearing problems and she's asd so facial expressions matter

Perhaps that poster does not know anyone with sen living here, nor works in a school. I know people with SEN and I work in a school and the relevant children are not forced to wear masks. You can believe what you like about disabled children being locked in their homes but it isn't true.

@Sockwomble

One poster from Singapore seems to think there are no exceptions.

Something you’re missing is that children SEN and otherwise are far less likely to fall ill with COVID or have a caregiver do so thanks to the public health measures that include masks.

I live in Asia (although not Singapore) and there are health exceptions for people who cannot wear masks, otherwise everyone over 2 must wear them in public. My DCs wear them in school and haven’t complained yet.

Absolutely not, makes my blood boil just thinking about it. There is no isolation requirement for colds anyway.

"You can believe what you like about disabled children being locked in their homes but it isn't true."

Perhaps posters spreading the myth that there are no exceptions in their country should think about what they are saying.

Great minds ManiPedi!

Hi sockwomble. I'm also in Singapore and as my previous post mentions, there are exemptions here for people who cannot wear masks for various reasons including disabilities. My autistic son copes ok with a mask but he wouldn't have to wear one.

@Sockwomble

One poster from Singapore seems to think there are no exceptions.

Which one?

www.cnbc.com/2020/09/16/cdc-director-says-face-masks-may-provide-more-protection-than-coronavirus-vaccine-.html

CDC director says masks may be more protective than vaccine.

This article supports this

medium.com/@drhassaballa/new-research-on-masks-show-they-can-act-like-a-vaccine-5dbde9398dd4

We're headed up the exponential curve now. I think children either need to wear masks in school or we're headed for lockdown.

Masks in school or lockdown? I vote masks.

I think she means me, because I didn't mention exemptions. As it happens, I do work in a school. Yes, there are exemptions, but they are rarely used, only in cases where they actually apply (unlike the UK). As a previous poster said, here you would assume a genuine exemption because it is so rare to see someone without a mask. No-one would question it. Again, unlike the UK (from what I hear from family, friends and hear on here) there is no culture of grassing in other people. Almost everyone just believes in doing the right thing for the good of everyone.

No

The State I live in the USA also has exceptions but I haven't seen anyone inside a building without one for a long time.
If I did I would assume they really couldn't wear one because it is so unusual.

So no one actually said or implied that people who can't wear masks end up locked inside?

It did seem unlikely.

We also have exemptions here. No locking people away.