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Masks for kids

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bingowingsmcgee · 23/02/2021 19:40

Is it masks all day then for secondary kids? Can't they just offer all the staff the vaccine and then crack on? Pretty horrible for the kids.

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WaitingForNormality · 23/02/2021 20:33

To add... DC is 4 and happily wears a mask shopping or in busy outdoor places (DH is CV) and it's a complete non-issue. He still understands people when they speak and vice versa.

DonnaDonna01 · 23/02/2021 20:36

No problem with them wearing masks but who polices them changing them at regular intervals or them being washed at home depending on mask type. Plus disposal if throw away masks. If the kids are wearing them it needs to put in place correctly, that is my main concern.

Popfan · 23/02/2021 20:36

It is absolutely rubbish the children have to wear masks and I'm sure unthinkable to most a year ago. I feel really sorry for them. However, I would rather my DS was in school with one than not at school.

MrsTerryPratchett · 23/02/2021 20:43

DD loves her masks.

Many reasons; she feels helpful, it reduces anxiety about illness because she has control, she wears a baggy hoodie with the hood up, this is just another emo move.

And this is a kid with sensory issues who I have to spend 4 hours on shoe shopping to accommodate.

Kids are fine. And those with SEN can be exempt, or modifications can be made.

SunshiningBetty · 23/02/2021 20:48

@Incogweeto

It's about community spread not teacher spread.

But it does make me smile that now all of a sudden people want the teachers vaccinated when they think it affects their own kids.

This Grin

Ditto everyone who now suddenly gives a shit about vulnerable children just because they are stuck with their child at home Confused

OrangeBlossomsinthesun · 23/02/2021 21:15

They would be exempt anyway. We're talking about children with no special needs.

Wildswim · 23/02/2021 21:17

@bingowingsmcgee

It really surprises me that people are ok with masking kids. Especially primary school kids, and even at playtime
I'm not OK with this. I'm not OK with it at all.
OrangeBlossomsinthesun · 23/02/2021 21:20

@DonnaDonna01

No problem with them wearing masks but who polices them changing them at regular intervals or them being washed at home depending on mask type. Plus disposal if throw away masks. If the kids are wearing them it needs to put in place correctly, that is my main concern.
They take spares. They change them at break time, or they wear washable cloth masks and the parents wash them at home like with PE kits. What's so hard to understand or coordinate? I really don't get all the obstacles and objections as someone who has been living with masks being mandatory at all times for 7 months. It just makes British people sound like they think they are somehow different from everyone else.
OrangeBlossomsinthesun · 23/02/2021 21:22

Why, if people are telling you that their kids have been doing it for months with no ill effects? If it has meant covid hasn't run wild in our schools and our kids have been at school uninterrupted since September? What is your objection?

mamakoukla · 23/02/2021 21:35

Clean masks packaged up in resealable bag. Bigger resealable bag for used masks. Mask comes off for lunch, into the ‘used masks’ bag. Lunch ended = clean mask on. Children are great learners! DC taught to prep bag night before. Gets home, masks go straight into laundry. We trust children to cross the road, not talk to strangers, not pick up dropped food off the street and eat it, wash hands. We teach them and help them learn. Just as we help rash other grow as a community

mamakoukla · 23/02/2021 21:36

@Wildswim - why? And what is the basis for this? How do you think this is reflected in the experience of people who are doing this?

mamakoukla · 23/02/2021 21:38

Help each other.... no rashes 😂

herecomesthsun · 23/02/2021 21:40

I guess the people who don't want their kids to wear masks could choose to keep them at home.

Better that than spread in the community or teachers getting ill.

We are choosing to get schools back while numbers are quite high so we need all the mitigations we can have.

palacegirl77 · 23/02/2021 21:46

I would like to see actual evidence for the fact these will help. Its just an appeasement to the the unions, nothing more. Harries, Whitty and Valance stood there and told us that masks wouldnt stop transmission and in fact I recall Harries saying they could lead to MORE infections due to improper use. Whats changed? 30 15 year olds, non of them touching the masks inappropriately, or poorer students who have 1 mask and reuse it day after day. Hard of hearing students struggling, people mucking about and teacher cant see who it is. Also what about our kids immune systems - they NEED to work, they need bugs, coughs, colds etc. They will become sluggish and not as effective. The vulnerable have been given vaccines (near enough) - wasnt that the goal?

palacegirl77 · 23/02/2021 21:47

@herecomesthsun

I guess the people who don't want their kids to wear masks could choose to keep them at home.

Better that than spread in the community or teachers getting ill.

We are choosing to get schools back while numbers are quite high so we need all the mitigations we can have.

We cant though, legally, unless they are de-registered. Surely testing should be enough?
herecomesthsun · 23/02/2021 21:53

See what the school say, I guess. Good luck.

OrangeBlossomsinthesun · 23/02/2021 21:54

@palacegirl77

I would like to see actual evidence for the fact these will help. Its just an appeasement to the the unions, nothing more. Harries, Whitty and Valance stood there and told us that masks wouldnt stop transmission and in fact I recall Harries saying they could lead to MORE infections due to improper use. Whats changed? 30 15 year olds, non of them touching the masks inappropriately, or poorer students who have 1 mask and reuse it day after day. Hard of hearing students struggling, people mucking about and teacher cant see who it is. Also what about our kids immune systems - they NEED to work, they need bugs, coughs, colds etc. They will become sluggish and not as effective. The vulnerable have been given vaccines (near enough) - wasnt that the goal?
96 % of schools in andalucia in the south of Spain have no covid closures or cases. What's the difference? All children have worn masks at all times since they went back in September. Why are you so against masks in schools when multiple people are telling you it's not a problem for millions of children in other countries? And as for making their immune systems sluggish that is just utterly ridiculous. Masks cost cents. Teens who don't wear them properly get sent home. All these reasons why it "can't work" are nonsense. I don't understand why it's such a big deal to wear a mask if it means kids and teachers can be safe at school.
HarveySchlumpfenburger · 23/02/2021 21:57

We cant though, legally, unless they are de-registered. Surely testing should be enough?

No, it's not enough due to the false negative rates. As Whitty and Vallance have been pointing out for months, there's no single magic bullet among the non-pharma interventions. Masks, social distancing and testing all work together to help contain spread.

Nothing stopping you keeping your children at home. You can de-reg and home ed if you don't want your children wearing masks and they aren't exempt.

Mcmole · 23/02/2021 22:07

I feel so sorry for the kids who have to wear glasses to school - they will be struggling and it will definitely feel like a big deal to them!

Not sure it's a great idea in general either as a lot of kids won't be able to afford new masks for every day, especially if we're now being told that the cloth reusable ones are not so good - the other sort cost a small fortune for a family to be kitted out with several per day, for months at a time. I'm shocked just how much we've spent on the things and we purposely avoid going anywhere out of choice where they are required.

MrsHerculePoirot · 23/02/2021 22:08

😂😂😂 at ‘sluggish’

Some of our students choose to wear them all the time before Christmas. I can assure you it didn’t make them sluggish.

For the record I can also set your mind at rest about behaviour too. I’m able to manage behaviour effectively even when students are wearing masks.

I find it so weird that people think children in the UK are some sort of special breed that can’t cope with masks, unlike children in very many other countries. I suppose at least it gives Twats4Themselves something to froth about in a hysterical manner....

Malteser71 · 23/02/2021 22:11

Tell me, is it mandatory?

And what are the consequences if they don’t.

Parker231 · 23/02/2021 22:11

Why are U.K. children unable to do what other children around the world have managed to do successfully?

MrsHerculePoirot · 23/02/2021 22:11

I feel so sorry for the kids who have to wear glasses to school - they will be struggling and it will definitely feel like a big deal to them!

I wear glasses. Many HCPs wear glasses. Many children in other countries wear glasses. Some children in my classes who wear glasses wore masks in my lessons. All without issue....

Again can anyone explain why it is only UK children that can’t do this?

unchienandalusia · 23/02/2021 22:15

Seriously. It's been shown to be fine across the world. Why are uk parents so fucking namby pamby about it? Priority is get children back to school as safely as possible. Masks help. Unless genuine medical reason why not I'd be happy for primary children too if it helps!

Malteser71 · 23/02/2021 22:15

Did anyone ever sit exams in a mask?

My dd gets short of breath and panics in a mask. She has to sit gcse mock exams.

What else more do they want to pour onto these already stressed kids?