Wearing a mask in school will literally be the downfall of the education system in utah... Teachers will be frustrated with constantly having to tell children to put thier masks on. Children will be frustrated and will not be able to hear what the teacher is saying and will become disinterested in learning... it will cause them to touch thier faces more often which will spread the disease even more... there is a huge debate in the effectiveness and health concearns of wearing a mask. Masks will have to be replaced several times a day because children loose everything... some in defiance will probably loose them on purpose....Masks will create issues in schools between children, preventing healthy relationships. I believe the biggest thing that will help our children to overcome the months of hardships they have already endured is to allow them to return to school with some normalcy. Increase hand washing and learning to cover their mouths in the correct way when they sneeze...will be enough! Please rethink your mandate gov. Herbert and think about the day to day operations of a school and the lives of the children in those schools.

For those who are concerned that I am not taking the virus seriously and that I am not doing my part to slow the spread please know that I am very committed to keeping people safe. I practice distancing and use sanitizing measures. 

Regarding face masks 

Research indicates it can pose a health risk for healthy people to wear a mask. Face masks decrease oxygen, increase carbon dioxide, and alter breathing in ways that increase susceptibility. Masks force you to re-breathe a portion of your own breath, including all the stuff (infectious viral particles) the lungs were trying to remove from the body. https://www.meehanmd.com/blog/2020-06-12-healthy-people-should-not-wear-face-masks/

I believe we can stop the spread without mandating masks everywhere. I am not opposed to wearing them in certain circumstances.