Pembroke Academy Track & Field

I sent the following letter to the NHIAA on the morning of Monday, April, 12th.

I am currently waiting for a response.

If a response does not come by the end of the day Wednesday I am considering the following:

• going in person to their office with a camera to ask the questions
• getting a couple of different local reporters to ask the same questions
• possibly getting lawyers involved - I've had an offer of help - as well as calls and emails from some local politically active groups

What You Can Do

Call or write the NHIAA and encourage them to answer these questions.

You can find the phone number and email address here: NHIAA Contact Information

Please be polite, especially to any secretary or office personel for have no real responsibility regarding the mask 'recommendations'.

The Letter

1. Who are the members of the Sports Medicine Committee that approved these 'recommendations' ?
2. What are the qualifications of each of the members of the Sports Medicine Committee ?
3. What were the number of votes for and against each of the 'recommendations' (assuming there were votes) ?
4. Are there meeting minutes from the meetings about, and the votes for, each of the 'recommendations' ?
5. Why did the Sports Medicine Committee disregard the following:
   • WHO guidelines
     • "WHO advises that people should not wear masks during vigorous intensity physical activity (143) because masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably
       • (Yes. The actual document says ‘vigorous intensity physical activity’)
     • Source: https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak/
   • Governor Sununu's Executive Order #74,which states
     • 5 - This Order shall not apply to the following:
   • • a) Educators, students, and staff within K-12 schools;
     • d) Any person engaged in physical strenuous physical activity;
     • • (Yes. That is the EXACT wording on the official web site - physical is used twice.)
     • Source: https://www.governor.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt336/files/documents/emergency-order-74.pdf
6. What negative health impacts to the athletes were these recommendations meant to prevent ?
7. What were the likelihood of these negative health impacts happening ?
8. What support or evidence - scientific or common sense - did the committee rely on in determining these possible negative health impacts