We the undersigned believe at the time of our signing that the rationale presented is not sufficient to warrant a course of action where children in Irish primary schools are obliged to cover their faces.

We appreciate that the pandemic has moving goalposts but given the current data at the time of our signing, we are against the masking of primary school children.

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References

Masking Emotions: Face Masks Impair How We Read Emotions​

Guidance on the use of face coverings in primary schools​

Advice on the use of masks for children in the community in
the context of COVID-19​

Weekly report on COVID-19 deaths reported in Ireland

Report produced by Health Protection Surveillance Centre on 01/12/2021

• Median Age of death (Years)  82
• Death in persons <25 from 01/03/2020 to 30/11/2021  7

Analysis of the Effects of COVID-19 Mask Mandates on Hospital Resource Consumption and Mortality at the County Level