with this inflammatory illness. >> you're blaming the kids because they weren't wearing masks and so they're in the icu. with all due respect, i find it deplorable to blame a victim who ends up being hospitalized. you don't know that story. >> but yesterday you said you also don't support mask mandates. why not? is that based on science? it's certainly not based on the science. >> i don't support a mask mandate for the entire state. last year we didn't have the vaccine. we need to shift the conversation and not talk about mask mandates. we need to be doing everything we can to encourage people to get the vaccine. i'm hearing from parents all across our state as we're about to start school in the next couple of weeks that are scared. having to make some really tough