Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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6/20/20  4:18 pm
Commenter: Andrew Gray

NO MASK MANDATES
 

There is no legitimate health reason to compel anyone to wear any sort of face covering.  There is no scientific research to support the theory that face coverings mitigate the spread of covid-19 in any way.  Wearing a mask, particularly for hours on end, restricts oxygen to the wearer and increases CO2 inhalation.  This is only one of several health RISKS that come with prolonged mask wearing.  It is NOT healthy in any way or form.  It is a health HAZARD. 

For this reason especially, forcing children, particularly, to wear masks throughout the day at schools, is absolutely unethical, and even abusive both physically and psychologically.  I do not make this statement lightly.  This is a very serious issue of dangerously misguided policies that are NOT backed up by appropriate controled scientific studies, and in fact, fly in the face of long-understood facts of respiratory health.  It is also a fact that THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CHILD SPREADING THE COVID-19 VIRUS TO ANY ADULT, and the fatality rate for children is statistically ZERO. 

NO PERSON must be compelled to wear a mask or any sort of face covering against their will!  Doing so is nothing short of an ASSAULT on that individual, AN ACT OF AGGRESSION DESPITE WHATEVER CLAIMED REASONING.  I maintain that it is THE DUTY of government officials to protect individual residents from these acts of aggression, not to carry them out with authoritarian mandated orders.  There must be NO MASK OR FACE COVERING MANDATES FOR ADULTS OR CHILDREN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. 

Anything less then this is a blatant assault on the people's liberty, well being, and health.  

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