By August of last year, over 100 countries had nationwide mask-wearing mandates according to the Council on Foreign Relations. That didn’t count the United States which, while it didn’t have a federal mandate, currently had 38 states where governors required them.
On 17 September, the CDC made clear its position when it comes to masks on young people: “Children 2 years of age and older should wear a mask.”
In mid-December, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly recommended that children engaging in most sports should be required to wear cloth masks, claiming they decrease COVID-19 spread and most children can tolerate wearing masks during physical activity. On its website, the AAP states, “Younger athletes may find wearing a cloth face mask challenging and may need to be reminded and/or assisted by parents/coaches.”
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Were these strong recommendations that children be required to wear masks based on sound, scientific evidence?
No.
As confirmed in a new study from Germany published by staff members at the University of Witten/Herdecke Medical School:
“There are no manufacturer-independent studies on the use of masks for children and adolescents that are certified as medical products for occupational safety in professional applications.
In addition, due to the unknown materials used, there are no findings on the potential protective effects or side effects of the often home-made ‘everyday masks’ worn by the majority of children. In view of the ongoing measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and, in particular, the varying obligations for children and adolescents to wear masks in school over a longer period of time, there is an urgent need for research.”
The University’s findings provided the first data showing the consequences of children regularly wearing face masks. Conducted last fall and including over 20,000 participants, the results show over two-thirds of parents reported their children had suffered significant physical and psychological problems from regularly wearing face masks.
Twenty-four different health complaints were reported. Among them:
- Headaches (53 percent)
- Concentration difficulties (49.5 percent)
- Impairment in learning (38 percent)
- Drowsiness (36.5 percent)
- Shortness of breath (29.7 percent)
- Dizziness (26.4 percent)
- Unwillingness to play (17.9 percent)
- Nausea (16.6 percent)
- Feeling of weakness (14.7 percent)
- Abdominal pain (13.5 percent)
- Accelerated breathing (12 percent)
- Tightness in chest (8 percent)
- Fainting spells (2.2 percent)
The researchers concluded,
“Several thousand children seem to suffer from wearing the mask or who may experience health problems from the mask… Adults need to collectively reflect the circumstances under which they would be willing to take a residual risk upon themselves in favor of enabling children to have a higher quality of life without having to wear a mask.”
Absent from the mainstream media is the fact, according to the CDC, that fewer than 1 percent of all virus-related hospitalizations and deaths across the country involve people aged 24 years and younger. Instead, the politicians and Presstitutes keep selling lies that it makes perfect scientific sense to lock them down, mask them up, and instill them with fear and hysteria.
TRENDPOST: As research shows and as reported in the Trends Journal, children are not nearly as likely to spread the virus as are adults. And, children are significantly less susceptible to the virus, and those who do get infected rarely have significant symptoms. According to the CDC, the virus recovery rate for 1-to 20-year-olds is 99.997 percent.
Among several studies confirming this was the 16 June data published in the journal Nature Medicine, conducted by the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, which stated,
“The COVID-19 pandemic has shown a markedly low proportion of cases among children. Age disparities in observed cases could be explained by children having lower susceptibility to infection, lower propensity to show clinical symptoms or both, compared with adults.”
TRENDPOST: Over the past three months, the Trends Journal has kept subscribers up-to-date on the scientific data showing the fallacy of mandatory mask-wearing and lack of hard evidence that wearing cloth face masks offers any real protection from COVID.
Here are links to some of our articles on the subject:
DANISH STUDY: MASKS OFFER VERY LIMITED PROTECTION
FACING THE TRUTH, PART I: THE GREAT MASK-QUERADE
FACING THE TRUTH, PART II: MORE EVIDENCE MASKS ARE INEFFECTIVE
“MASKS ARE A POLITICAL AGENDA”
DOCTORS: WEAR MASKS, GET SICK
MORE EVIDENCE: MASKS OFFER “LITTLE, IF ANY, PROTECTION”