Open Letter to Teaching Unions re Face Masks in Schools

24/01/22

Following recurrent media reports that the Teaching Unions have been heavily lobbying the Government throughout the pandemic to require children to wear Face Masks in schools, the UKMFA have sent a letter to the General Secretaries of the Teaching Union detailing the evidence of physical, psychological and educational harms caused by this cruel and inhuman policy, alongside the lack of evidence for any benefit in reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

In light of the evidence we have presented, we call on the Unions to remember their duty of care as public officials, to immediately desist from calling for or supporting face mask mandates or guidance in schools for children, and instead to call for a complete return to a normal educational environment.