Kid Masking is Political Science, NOT SCIENCE

Biden's Decisions are based on Politically Popular Ideas, Not Science

Apparently in August 2021, Biden decided to start another year of kid torture based on the popularity of masking kids among Democrats.

Emails found via FOIA by America First Legal (AFL) showed the Biden administration made the decision to forcibly mask kids against parental consent using poll data which showed masking was politically popular among Democrats. In the email, Drew Altman (president of the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)) shared select data from a KFF poll which showed that masking children was popular among Democrats. 

“Hi folks, this is our Monitor Report on kids, parents and schools as promised,” began Altman. “We have the scoop on the issue of the moment, masks in schools. A very solid majority favor school masking requirements (63%), with 36% opposing. That 36% is made up of the usual suspects and of course is large enough to make some trouble in parts of the country and generate news.”

Altman also suggested that “Prohibitions against schools wearing masks (which seven states now have, may only be a political winner in deep-red communities.” 

Altman’s email was addressed to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, then-White House Vaccinations Coordinator Dr. Bechara Choucair, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, then-White House COVID-19 Response Team Senior Advisor Andy Slavitt, then-White House COVID-19 Response Team Chief Science Officer David Kessler and then-White House COVID-19 Response Team Senior Advisor Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, who was also the chairwoman of something called the COVID-19 Equity Task Force. Three days later, the CDC recommended universal masking for all children two and up. 

There is obviously a connection with this poll with Teachers Union influence on the mask policy. In May of 2021, the CDC changed its child masking guidance after being threatened by the country’s largest teachers unions. 

The NJEA (New Jersey Education Association) was among the strong supporters of child masking, they even claimed that unmasking children was “Educational malpractice” as late as January of 2022. Its clear that if parents in New Jersey had not stepped up to show that masking was a politically unpopular idea, the masks would have never been taken off our kids.

Emails show coordination between the White House and teachers unions and the extent to which the unions had influenced the administration's messaging on school re-openings and masks. The watchdog group Americans for Public Trust obtained the emails through a FOYA request.

The more emails are produced through FOYA requests, the more its clear what happened - the school unions used their influence into force children to wear masks, the Biden administration checked up on that to determine if it would align with their base. The CDC changed their guidance immediately after these e-mails were circulated. There is no science used to make these decisions at all.