We request Governor McMaster to require school districts to leave the health decision of masking children to each individual family, not to be mandated by any local school district in the state of South Carolina. Let our children breathe fresh air! 

We also request Molly Spearman, SC Superintendent of Education and Dr. Burke Royster, Superintendent of Greenville County Schools,  remove the mask mandate for students of Greenville County Schools. Give the choice of mask wearing back to the parents. It's time to the parents decide what is best for our children!

Children are forced to wear masks for long durations at school. This is causing mental and physical effects on our children.

There are proven facts based on the mental implications of covering a child’s mouth for long periods of time. There are physical damages that are caused by circulating the same air into a child’s lungs. Please unmask our children. Speak for our children, because they can not speak for themselves. There is NO proof that masking a child is safe.

Please refer to the recent study by Stanford published on the NCBI (a branch of NIH) government website confirming this.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680614/

We ask Governor Henry McMaster to implement a guideline making masks optional for all students in the state, considering the following:

Per the CDC, cloth & surgical masks are not effective against the spread of viruses 

A study of 6,000 people showed no statistically significant aid in preventing the spread of COVID-19 by wearing a mask
Quebec's public health director Horacio Arruda told the Montreal Gazette that daylong mask wearing, as opposed to the short onetime use in clinical settings, is a complete hazard to spread of bacteria and pathogens

German interdisciplinary Research Team finds masks for children have no benefits and can be dangerous 
During the month of April, three cases of students suffering sudden cardiac death (SCD) while running during gym class have been reported

A study of 12 million adults shows adults in contact with children are at a lower risk of death from COVID-19 than those who are not in close contact with children
A 2015 clinical trial showed a high risk of infections from moisture retention in masks

When masked, it is difficult for children to read emotional signals: According to psychologist, Dr. Kang Lee, it is not until kids are about 14 years old that they reach adult skill levels in recognizing faces. These issues may be especially true for children with autism spectrum disorder, who have particular difficulties reading non-verbal cues

With the above taken into account, we conclude public officials should not be mandating mask use, a preventative measure with little to no efficacy, as masks pose a higher potential threat to our children's well being than the actual COVID-19 virus itself! 

We request Governor McMaster to require school districts to leave the health decision of masking children to each individual family, not to be mandated by any local school district in the state of Iowa. Let our children breathe fresh air!