Fox & Friends Spar Over Return of School Mask Mandates in the Fall

Things got a little more tense than usual on the consistently convivial curvy couch Thursday morning as the co-hosts of Fox & Friends debated mask mandates, as well as vaccines designed to abate the spread of Covid-19.Show more

At issue? President Joe Biden revealed during a CNN Town Hall Wednesday night that the CDC is considering guidelines for the coming school year, including mandatory masks for children under the age of 12 who are currently not eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.

“The CDC is going to say everyone under the age of 12 should probably be wearing a mask in school,” Biden said. “Those over the age of 12, if you are vaccinated, you shouldn’t wear a, of course, that. If you aren’t vaccinated, you should be wearing a mask.”

After Griff Jenkins reported on Biden’s comments, an exasperated Brian Kilmeade appeared to parade his ignorance on the benefits of masks for unvaccinated children, as he said, “that’s unbelievable, kid abuse again.” He then revealed details supporting why he thinks asking unvaccinated kids in schools to wear masks is so bad.

“There’s a zero percent chance of death, zero to four years old, from this virus statistically; from five to 17, 0.1% of people have lost their lives in that age group,” Kilmeade stated. “So you’re going to mask up an entire generation for maybe two full years. Can you imagine that?”

Taking the gentle tone of a loving parent calming down a petulant child, Steve Doocy reiterated what had just been reported. He patiently explained, “As Griff said, it’s all about because the kids are not vaccinated.”

Wedded to his frustration, Kilmeade fired back, saying, “They don’t need to be statistically. Statistically, they don’t need to be vaccinated.”