california is not at an advantage for masking up. this is true over and over again. if you look at most state mandates when they were instituted. look at incidence of the disease. in florida, half of the counties obeyed the order to quit the mandates when desantis said quit doing the mandates. that i were large numbers of children. the incidents is the same. the masks don t work. we re punishing our children. as someone that doesn t hear very well, i know what it s like to not be able to understand people because you can t see their lips. this is terrible. and kids, kids that have normal hear rudy guliani learning by looking at the lips and facial expressions and say this is how they learn to be part of a group and be part of a community. it s really sad for these kids. somebody has to stand up for them. martha: heart breaking. they re so compliant and obedient and doing what they re told. they think this is a way of life. i wonder how long it s going to take to free them up to liv
school mask mandates in the next few weeks as covid-19 rates are continuing to decline. and that move has drawn the attention to the cdc which has yet to change its masking guidance for americans. the agency says we should continue wearing masks in areas of high or substantial transmission. that map shows you that s about 99% of u.s. counties. cnn s polo sandoval has the latest. reporter: from coast to coast, governors are rolling back their mask mandates, according to a cnn analysis, only these six states as well as puerto rico and washington, d.c. still have such a requirement in place. however, california, illinois and oregon already announcing plans to lift that requirement in the coming weeks. that leaves only hawaii, new mexico, washington state, puerto rico and d.c. with noen announcement on when they ll end their mask mandate. then there s masking up in the classroom, school systems in these eight states have either moved toward ending mask
normalcy, the director of the cdc said the complete opposite in a radio interview today that now is not the time to stop masking up. and she specifically mentioned schools in her comments. dr. rochelle walensky cited the high number of hospitalizations and deaths from covid, quote, we re not quite there yet. i m joined by dr. richard besser, pediatrician and former acting director of the cdc. now that the cdc and dr. walensky weighed in to continue masking in schools, what s your take? you know, john, these periods of transition are extremely challenging. and it s also very challenging when you re making policy recommendations for the entire nation. you know, the four states that you lifted up were hit very early and very hard by omicron. and are now seeing pretty dramatic declines. declines in cases, declines in hospitalization. and there s a desire to try to get to a more normal life. as a pediatrician, there are a
xfinity mobile. it s wireless that does it all and saves a lot. like a lot, a lot. more breaking news this evening. the new york times is reporting that tomorrow, new york state will become the latest in a stream of blue states to end a mask mandate. according to the times, the states will let its indoor mask mandate lapse on thursday when it expires. and yet, despite this rush to normalcy, the director of the cdc said the complete opposite during a radio interview today, that now is not the time to stop masking up.
jesse: thanks a lot, matt. crooked school administrators are hell bent on strapping stuff to your kids face. in virginia, governor youngkin is giving parents the choice to mask their own children in school. but, a sneaky superintendent in fairfax county is going to war. this crafty little critter is saying okay, youngkin, you are going to let parents decide whether they can mask their kids? i m going to make masks a part of the dress code. so if they don t wear one, they will be punish you had with demerits for dress code infraction. same story in loudoun county where students are getting suspended for masking up. they should just claim they re holding their breath or if they are black say it s black history month like stacey and then you can t criticize them. after last week s interview with the brave high school mask protester cade something got sparked. more students staging walkouts across the country.