According to a Tagesschau report, the Association of Public Health Officers no longer recommends the continued compulsory wearing of masks in schools.

Unless a more dangerous variant of the virus occurs (which most experts consider very unlikely), there is no need to wear masks in class.

The disadvantages have now apparently been assessed as greater than the already questionable benefits. According to Johannes Nießen, Chairman of the Federal Association of Doctors in the Public Health Service, masks significantly impair learning, have an impact on speech development and disrupt communication because they cover half the field of vision.

Source: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/maskenpflicht-schule-101.html

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