minute arguing that they need more information from the cdc. we re going to modify the cdc guidance and allow schools to choose no mask outside for children in other words, children wear masks in school inside. there is no mandate for masks outside. ainsley: but with infection rates low among children, why are our officials so afraid of following the science? here now to discuss this u.s. congressional candidate for new york liz joy. fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel and nurse and mother of three in the albany area carissa maher. good morning, happy to see all of you. good morning. ainsley: good morning. so, dr. siegel, i will start with you because you are a medical expert obviously. you say that these mixed messages spread fear.
incredibly politics of fear that governor sounds like a principal you would never want to see. he is coming after you with a rural, right? whatever happened to following the science here? he says he is waiting for a 70% number? a magic number where 70% of adults are vaccinated one dose before he gets rid of all of these restrictions we re at 68%. where did 70% come from, ainsley? also, children that are vaccinated have to wear masks in school? also, new york state only had 500 new cases yesterday and the positivity rate is less than point 5% the lowest in the entire pandemic. also, children are not spreaders. they rarely spread it. also, any teacher can get vaccinated now and any staff member. so, of course schools are safe places of course children should not have to wear masks. if they feel like it. if they are part of a group that wants to wear masks inside, i m all for it it s not the science that they need to do so right now. ainsley: carissa, i know you are a nurse. you have th
weeks. what can parents do and why is it taking the cdc so long? parents can do exactly what s being done here. they can speak out and say this is absolutely ridiculous. and the points that were just made is that there is a huge physical downside to masking and super imposing masking or especially with medical conditions. what a hypocrite the governor is who said throughout the pandemic, ainsley, that the state should make the decisions. now he is waiting for the cdc? now he waits for the cdc which, of course, is going along at a snail s pace who also said the cdc that it should depend on how much virus there is in the area. hey, cdc, we have no virus around here. hey, governor, make the decision. this is a complete hypocrisy, ainsley. ainsley: liz, carissa, dr. siegel, thank you so much for being on with us. thank you. thanks, ainsley. ainsley: you are welcome. louisiana senator john kennedy is going to join us live plus his west virginia colleague is joe manchin facing backlash