Forcing children to wear “harmful breathing barriers” — or face masks — in school is abuse, so the face coverings should be eliminated immediately, a Moose Jaw mother says.
Tannis Brideau and her husband, Ivan, gathered at the Prairie South School Division (PSSD) board office on Ninth Avenue Northwest on May 12 to protest the continued mandate of forcing students to wear masks all day.
The couple was surrounded by signs that said, “Breathing Barriers and Gov’t Policies Are Killing Us,” “PSSD — $4.5 million to Uphold Gov’t Narrative,” “Doctors, Nurses Teachers Muzzled,” and “Children Report — No Breathing Breaks Allowed!”
“Get children out of masks; they are abusive. They (children) are at zero risk of the virus and they are at zero risk of transmission,” Brideau claimed.
Brideau held up a pamphlet that questioned the use of masks. The document, produced by Chris Schaefer, owner of SafeCom Training Services in Edmonton, raises concerns that N95, surgical or non-medical masks do not reduce the likelihood of transmitting the coronavirus.
According to the document, N95 masks filter particles with a size diameter larger than 0.3 microns, while COVID-19 particles are 0.08 to .12 microns in size. Furthermore, viruses can enter the human body through the eyes and skin, which means a hazmat suit with self-contained breathing apparatus is the only safe solution.
Schaefer also wrote that surgical masks, non-medical masks and homemade masks are dangerous. This is because they are not engineered for effective purging of exhaled carbon dioxide, can cause oxygen deficiency, and create an environment that allows bacteria to grow near the mouth and nose.
In another document Brideau had, it stated that masks are sterilized with Ethyl Oxide, a known carcinogen, and contain PTFE, used to make Teflon.
The World Health Organization, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Saskatchewan all recommend the use of masks to reduce transmission of the virus.
This is not the first time the mother of two has tried to convince PSSD to eliminated mask-wearing. Brideau spoke during the May 4 board meeting and provided a voluminous amount of information about why trustees should change their approach to this issue.
“… I feel I was silenced. There was no discussion,” she said. “I got a letter the next morning saying thank you and they would look into things,” she said. “They never said they would take off the masks from kids.”
Brideau wanted to speak again at the June board meeting, but education director Tony Baldwin declined her request since she had already spoken about the pandemic.
Baldwin told the Express in an email that he had no comment on Brideau’s protest but appreciated that she hadn’t disrupted anyone visiting the board office. He also confirmed that there was no need for Brideau to speak a second time on the same issue.
“Ms. Brideau appeared as a delegation in May, and I have agreed to share any additional information she may wish to share if she provides that information to me,” he added.
Research is showing that many children do not want to go to school anymore due to masks and heavy-handed pandemic measures, Brideau said. Even her kids have been affected; her Grade 12 daughter was looking forward to her final choir trip while her son’s hockey season was cancelled.
“I want the board to get masks off kids before June so my daughter can throw off her mask instead of her grad cap,” she continued.
Students have also reported not being allowed to take off their masks for a breathing break, Brideau said, which infuriated her since she believes that is a violation of God’s laws.
“The collateral damage of lockdown measures has caused more damage than the virus itself. It has a 99-per-cent survival rate,” she added. “Unless more of us stand up, they’ll remove more of our freedoms.”
