COVID - risk assessment informing universal masking recommendations

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Dear Health,

Please provide the risk assessment used by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee to justify their public face masking recommendations.

There are significant negative public health affects resulting from long term mask wearing.

There are very significant environmental harm resulting from mask and plastic pollution.

The public seeks assurance the Department has identified and considered these negative health affects

Yours faithfully,

Jaay-H

FOI, Department of Health

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jaay-H <[FOI #7204 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2021 7:23 PM
To: FOI <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - COVID - risk assessment
informing universal masking recommendations

 

Dear Health,

 

Please provide the risk assessment used by the Australian Health
Protection Principal Committee to justify their public face masking
recommendations.

 

There are significant negative public health affects resulting from long
term mask wearing. 

 

There are very significant environmental harm resulting from mask and
plastic pollution.

 

The public seeks assurance the Department has identified and considered
these negative health affects

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jaay-H

 

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Dear Mr Jaay-H

 

Please find attached correspondence and released documents in relation to
your Freedom of Information request to the Department of Health.

 

Kind regards

François

 

FOI Unit - FOI & Legislation Support Section

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Location: 260 Elizabeth Street, Sydney

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Australia and their continued connection to land, sea and community. We
pay our respects to all Elders past and present. 

 

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Jaay-H left an annotation ()

The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee was unable to provide a Risk Assessment for public review and scrutiny