Childcare facilities are an essential business. All childcare staff should be REQUIRED to wear a mask. This should no longer be an issue that the facility decides. By not requiring childcare facility staff to wear masks, they are putting our community, our families, and our children at risk for Covid-19. Currently, in Oklahoma and Oklahoma City, the decision for staff to be required to wear a mask is left to the facility. This goes against all public health and CDC guidelines, as well as common sense. Please help Oklahoma families remain safe, by REQUIREMENT of masks at ALL childcare facilities in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, and the state of Oklahoma. We are better than this. I am creating this petition for my son, Theo, who was taken to his first daycare facility who sanitizes, but does not require masks for employees.