COVID-19: Dont Use Face Masks On Babies/Toddlers- Experts Warn

Experts have warned parents against the practice of using face masks on babies/toddlers in a bid to protect them from COVID-19.

According to them, this practice ‘could prove deadly’,

Dr Daniel Atkinson, GP and Clinical Lead at Treated.com, said: There are risks associated with babies and infants wearing masks.

“For example, children do have smaller airways which will have to work harder to take up oxygen through a face mask.

“And there’s also the risk of the baby trying to remove a mask, and the mask becoming tangled and potentially causing injury.”

Another expert opined that infants would be prompted to touch there faces more whe you put a mask on their face.

This could have the opposite of the desired effect, and actually increase their risk of catching coronavirus.

GP Dr Philippa Kaye, explained: “Those under two would touch their faces and the masks all the time, making them less effective and are a risk re their airways and breathing – please avoid!”

Rather than using face masks, the researchers suggest that other preventative measures may be more effective to protect your family.

Advice about wearing face masks varies massively around the world.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends against the measure for the general public, claiming that masks offer a false sense of security, and that they can be contaminated by other people’s coughs and sneezes or when putting them on or removing them.

However, 100 leading doctors have signed a letter saying they are ‘increasingly alarmed at official inaction over the need for the public to wear face masks.’