disabled young child who has been vaccinated, yet forced to wear a mask during speech pathology. we've had this assumption that there is no downsides to masks, but the data are pretty clear right now. we've got a mental health crisis among children declared by the surgeon general and the brown university study tells us that there is developmental delays, cognitive and motor. you cannot ignore that data. >> laura: now, so the former cdc director tom friedman, i know you know him, made it a fairly interesting and mission about masking students. watch this. >> mask mandates are a proven way to increase mask use. schools need to stay open. we need to protect our children, our children's education, and i'm really disappointed to see this kind of political posturing that could have life-and-death consequences. >> laura: now dr. makary, he never said that the masks were effective. he just said that the mandates forced compliance.