With cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) on the rise, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is recommending parents once again put masks on their young children.
Similar to a common cold, RSV hits young children particularly hard "and it's really frightening," Hochul explained.
“Infants as young as six months old have been known to contract this. It’s hard to keep kids safe. You think about the fact that a year ago, before a year ago, a lot of kids were wearing masks in a daycare center or in schools and that did give them some level of protection,” she said during a new conference, ignoring data showing that cloth and surgical masks do little to block aerosols.
"We’re not mandating this but we're saying, parents you got other kids…and you got a baby at home, you really might just want to take these extra precautions," the Democrat added.
She argued masking has become a norm for children.
"By now, kids are more socialized to the idea of wearing masks, its not as strange to them, it’s not as like—what is this all about? There are a lot of really cute masks out there. I've seen a lot of them, so that’s something I'm really encouraging all parents to consider for their children."
Kathy Hochul wants New York parents to put their kids back in masks. She said this today. I’m telling you guys, this mask madness isn’t going away unless Democrats get destroyed in elections. pic.twitter.com/boMGw1lK1s
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 26, 2022
It’s absolutely insane that NY’s Governor is now encouraging all parents to mask their kids. Hochul isn’t even masking herself! If she wants to mask children now, then she wants to mask them forever. This is just so wild and reckless — I can’t believe it’s not a bigger story yet.
— Eli Klein (@TheEliKlein) October 26, 2022
Governor Hochul today strongly advised New York parents to mask their preschoolers due to RSV.
— Justin Spiro, LCSW (@Jusrangers) October 27, 2022
That's right, Hochul would like you to put a mask back on your speech-delayed 4-year-old who had a mere half year of normalcy after being forcibly masked from ages 2 to 3.5.
Insanity.