Mask Wearing for Children Was Not Risk-Assessed for 17 Months in the UK: FOI

Year 10 students wear masks as they take part in a science class at Park Lane Academy in Halifax, northwest England, on Jan. 4, 2022. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

Masking children was a “political decision” despite a risk of harm and limited benefits, claims the children’s campaign group UsForThem.

Set up in May 2020, UsForThem have campaigned for the UK government to discontinue the use of masks for children and adults in school settings and evidenced the harm of lockdowns on kids.