WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Center for Disease Control tends to suggest that children who have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 must wear masks when they return from summer vacations to school.
“CDC will say that what you have to do is everyone under the age of 12 years may have to wear a mask at school.
That might be what will happen,” said Biden in a city hall in Cincinnati, Ohio, in response to a question about salvation School of parents who care.
Children over 12 years of vaccinated “should not use a mask,” said Biden to a fully vaccinated crowd, but those who should not.
“It will be strict in terms of whether my mother or father is honest that Johnny does or is not vaccinated,” Biden said.
Biden’s statement came as a Covid-19 case climbing in several states because vaccination efforts had stopped in the midst of skepticism and disinformation.
Tired Americans arise from long pandemic locking welcome the appointment of spring mask requirements and this summer.
Mask requirements became politicized at the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, when President Donald Trump and the Republicans pushed back advice from health officials that they stopped the spread of the virus.
Biden added that children under the age of 12 will be vaccinated “soon.” CDC recommendations are not binding and the requirements for school mask will be decided based on the district-by-distric.
Until now, some have adopted more stringent requirements while others do not have it at all.