My children had Covid. Why are they still masked? Masks have helped foster a sense of insecurity in my daughter that I know will take years to reverse. The kids were never in danger. Do not use my children as your shield.
This has impacted my kids because they are not learning how to socialize properly by separating them in class and recess. My daughter feels like she has no friends because they aren't allowed to interact properly. I am concerned about their future health and the harms this will cause mentally and emotionally. I am also concerned for the health risk of her lungs and being able to fight off simple germs that our bodies before all this were able to fight off. It is proven that kids who are exposed to more germs and microbes have way better immune systems than a child who has been bubble wrapped. I went to school to work in the health care system and currently I am not working in my field because of the pandemic. I am here to fight for my children's rights to be able to learn how to read people's faces, to see when they are sad or mad, to see their friends smile for them, to just be able to play tag for crying out loud, and being kids without the weight of the world on their shoulders and feeling like they are alone. My kids are in a time in their lives where social interaction is crucial and I will do anything for my kids to get back to a normal life.
I have two sons in elementary school. One is just 4 years old and trying to learn letters and sounds for the first time in his life. My other son is just learning how to read in Grade 1 and having to be in masks for 8 hours a day (including daycare) is very detrimental and needs to end! Let children see their teachers smiles and see their friends faces and have normal childhood experiences without masks.
Children are bearing the burden of fear cultivated by public health and government. Parents are frozen by this fear and now children are being disproportionately impacted by masking that has weak evidence behind it.
The mask and every thing about the mandates has affected my daughter's health, not just physically but mentally. It's caused a divide with the kids at school, causing my daughter to feel alone and insecure, she used to be a confident bubbly person. The masks DO NOT support the science they do not prevent you getting viruses or spreading them. They become dirty and unhealthy to wear all day in school, restricting breathing and build up of mold particles which is not healthy to breathe in.
My child cannot function optimally in a mask at school. Her sensory system is easily overwhelmed and she is also prone to fainting spells. Since being granted a mask exemption in September, we noticed a marked improvement in her learning, attention span, attitude towards school, and general outlook. Unfortunately, the school has now revoked the exemption and demanded a medical note for her to continue without a mask. As her advocates in terms of health, mental health and rights, we the parents feel that this is overreach and unconstitutional. Because we refuse to comply with this demand, we have had to withdraw our daughter from the school and search for alternative learning options. We found a learning pod in our community where like-minded families collaborate to teach their kids in an unmasked environment, but the rest of the community finds this to be an outrage and the local newspapers have taken it upon themselves to defame us, shame us, and make every effort to shut down the pod. This is so incredibly damaging to our children and our families - freedom of choice is so critical and is our right under the Canadian Charter. If we don’t correct these dark and divisive behaviours in society soon, I fear this country is doomed to an apartheid-like state.
