Photo: GettyIt seems the influence of the Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield is no match for peer pressure. She said repeating or emphasising the official recommendation that teenagers wear masks at school would not be enough to make them comply. "I think it needs to become mandatory if you actually want teenagers to wear masks because everyone's influenced by everyone else," she said. Year 13 student Will Ray said peer pressure was driving students' decisions on masks more than health considerations. Will Ray said if the Health Ministry wanted teenagers to wear masks at school, it would have to make them mandatory.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 16, 2021 23:03 UTC