Sensational judgment from Weimar: no masks, no distance, no more tests for students - by Phil Stone
On April 8, 2021, the Weimar Family Court decided in an urgent procedure that two schools in Weimar are prohibited with immediate effect from prescribing pupils to have mouth and nose coverings of all kinds (in particular wearing qualified masks such as FFP2 masks), complying with AHA minimum distances and / or taking part in SARS-CoV-2 rapid tests. At the same time, the court ruled that classroom teaching must be maintained.
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In summary, the court stated: “There is no evidence that face masks of different types can reduce the risk of infection from SARS-CoV-2 at all or even significantly. This statement applies to people of all age groups, including children and adolescents as well as asymptomatic, presymptomatic and symptomatic people.
On the contrary, there is rather the possibility that the more frequent hand-face contact when wearing masks increases the risk of coming into contact with the pathogen or bringing it into contact with other people. For the general population, there is no risk of infection, either in public or in private, which the wearing of face masks (or other measures) could reduce. There is no evidence that compliance with distance regulations can reduce the risk of infection. This applies to people of all age groups, including children and young people. “
Even after the extensive findings of the expert Prof. Dr. According to Kuhbandner, there is “no high-quality scientific evidence to date that wearing face masks can significantly reduce the risk of infection."
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Weimar Court Ruling, Germany 8th April 2021:
The Judge summarised his decision as follows: (PDF in German)
'The compulsion imposed on school children to wear masks and to keep their distance from each other and from third persons harms the children physically, psychologically, educationally and in their psychosocial development, without being counterbalanced by more than at best marginal benefit to the children themselves or to third persons. Schools do not play a significant role in the 'pandemic'.
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It is pointed out that the decision applies only to the people involved in the procedure - i.e., to the two children and their schools, but not to other families, school children and institutions. Literally it says: “The decision has no effect on the infection protection measures that were ordered for the Thuringian schools as a whole. They remain legally in force. The same applies to any additional measures to protect against infection in circles with a high number of infections. "
Furthermore, it is doubted whether the Weimar District Court or the local family court was even responsible for such a question. The decision raises serious procedural doubts.