We Will Regret Masking Kids

Children face little risk of catching or transmitting COVID, and data suggest that cloth masks are ineffective at best.

Share this story

A student wearing a protective mask attends class on the first day of school at St. Lawrence Catholic School in North Miami Beach, Fla., August 18, 2021.

Marco Bello/Reuters

New York governor Kathy Hochul has issued a new mask mandate covering just about every child over two years of age at almost every sort of institutional activity that two-year-old children can participate in.

If my kid coughs on you, you’ll live. I promise. I know because I try to avoid masking them whenever I can. And you would know them by the trail of the living behind them.

Michael Brendan Dougherty

About the Author

Michael Brendan Dougherty

Michael Brendan Dougherty is a senior writer at National Review Online.

Comments

Advertisement

Advertisement