CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday cited an increase in COVID-19 cases from the delta variant for the changes, which also recommend some vaccinated individuals to resume wearing masks in certain situations to protect against COVID-19.
"It isn't based in science. There is no indication that areas with mask mandates have performed any better than areas without mask mandates. In fact, this policy could actually backfire," DeSantis press secretary Christina Pushaw told Fox News.
"Mandating masks for vaccinated people erodes public trust and confidence in the effectiveness of the vaccines. To me it appears that the government wants to be perceived as 'doing something' during a seasonal infection surge, even if their policy does not necessarily make people safer."
Comment: DeSantis is right, as usual.
DeSantis has been a vocal opponent of requiring schoolchildren to wear masks. The governor on Monday reiterated his opposition to mask requirements for children during a roundtable with experts on Monday.
"I think our fear is is that seeing some of those rumblings, that there be an attempt from the federal level or even some of these organizations to try to push for mandatory masking of school children. And so our view is that this should absolutely not be imposed. It should not be mandated," the governor said.
Dr. H Cody Meissner, who leads the pediatric infectious diseases division at Tufts University School of Medicine, echoed the governor's comments during the roundtable Monday.
Meissner said the American Academy of Pediatrics, of which he is a member, was "virtue signaling" with its recent call to mask all children over the age of 2 in schools.
"I strongly disagree with the recommendation that all children, 2 years and above need to wear a mask," Meissner said.
"I think that the harm has been done to children, both physical, mental, emotional has been extraordinary. And I think we're going to be stuck with that for a generation," he added. "Really what we've done is we've sacrificed children by closing down the schools in order to protect the adults because children don't get very sick."
White House press secretary Jen Psaki last week took issue with DeSantis' opposition to requiring schoolchildren to wear masks.
"If I were a parent in Florida that would be greatly concerning to me," Psaki said. "Because kids under the age of 12 are not vaccinated. They're not eligible yet."
Psaki added, "That puts kids at risk. It's not aligned with public health guidelines. We know masks aren't the most comfortable thing. I will say my kids are quite adjusted to them."
Reader Comments
And in reality they are nothing more than NPC talking heads. Have you noticed, they never present any real credentials for these talking heads. Nobody checks up on the names, credential and faces presented.
Nike gimp masks.
It's time we stop listening to politicians and please sue the hell out of CDC or disamentell it becuase it is a useless agency that will only do harm. If they ever say anything that will be true in the future we will miss it entirely because they lied so much, we can't trust anything they say.
It's really crazy to watch this madness ...
But this is what another forum that I don't' support was saying about him.[Link]
On a less depressing note, did you see the UFO video I found? (In today's comments.)
Unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in South Carolina stirs MUFON interest
While at a stoplight in Goose Creek, South Carolina, Shaneika Joyner and her daughter watched an amorphous, cloud-like body glide across the sky. "Is it a ship?" Joyner's daughter asked in the...RC
I'm an anti-vaxxer.
Here's a good one: NWAWWASBE.
Never wash a window with a soft-boiled egg.
Maybe EGB would be better.
Experimental Gene Buggery.
I'm of the opinion that anything extraterrestrial is not available to be seen by human eye because we are the only planet who had fallen into sin according to the Bible, therefore any "alien" planets not only would not be interested in us but even if they would not be able to be detected by us.