{"id":1947359,"date":"2023-06-14T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T16:57:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T20:57:39","slug":"watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: House Democrat Advocates for Mandatory Masks for 2-Year-Olds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947359&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"WATCH: House Dem Says '2-Year-Olds Should Have Been Required To Wear Masks'\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/epa-admits-proposal-to-ban-essential-dry-cleaning-chemical-wont-help-the-environment\" data-post-url id=\"print-1752279\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>WATCH: House Dem Says &#8216;2-Year-Olds Should Have Been Required To Wear Masks&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Two-year-olds should have been required to wear masks,&#8221; Nadler said. &#8220;It would be child abuse for parents not to do that because there was no vaccination available for two-year-olds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Mask Mandates for Two-Year-Olds<\/h2>\n<p>Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) endorsed mask mandates for two-year-olds in remarks on the House floor on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<h3>Debate on Masking Children<\/h3>\n<p>Nadler made the comments minutes after Rep. Chip Roy (R., Texas) called out secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra for &#8220;fumbling&#8221; an answer on whether two-year-olds should have been masked during the pandemic. Roy was using the example to argue for an amendment to require congressional consent before the federal government institutes a mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We watched Secretary Becerra fumbling yesterday &#8230; unable to answer the question, &#8216;Can you tell me, sir, whether or not it was any benefit whatsoever for two-year-old kids to be forced to wear masks?'&#8221; Roy said on the floor. &#8220;He refused to answer the question in committee because he knew full well he has no good answer to that question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Becerra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kusi.com\/xavier-becerra-refuses-to-answer-question-on-benefits-of-masking-two-year-old-children\/\">dodged<\/a> the question when asked by Republican Kevin Kiley (Calif.) on Tuesday if &#8220;forcing two-year-olds to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-house-dem-says-2-year-olds-should-have-been-required-to-wear-masks\/\" title=\"VIDEO: House Democrat Advocates for Mandatory Masks for 2-Year-Olds\">wear masks save lives<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Making sure people were masked when it was appropriate was essential to make sure that we were able to get out of this pandemic,&#8221; Becerra said.<\/p>\n<h3>Conflicting Opinions<\/h3>\n<p>Nadler, on the other hand, was willing to defend masking kids. His defense of masking toddlers is in line with Biden administration policy during the pandemic but stands in contrast to studies that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-were-the-tip-of-the-spear-conservative-dad-confronts-teachers-union-boss-over-school-closures-in-viral-video\/\" title=\"\u2018You Were The Tip Of The Spear\u2019: Conservative Dad Confronts Teachers Union Boss Over School Closures In Viral Video\">found negative effects<\/a> of mask-wearing.<\/p>\n<p>In an April 2022 House Education and Labor Committee meeting, Becerra <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/watch-biden-admin-backs-masks-for-toddlers\/\">said<\/a> masks were &#8220;safe and effective&#8221; and &#8220;should be used&#8221; for toddlers in HHS&#8217;s Head Start program, which serves children from poor families.<\/p>\n<h3>Effectiveness of Masks<\/h3>\n<p>One of the largest and most comprehensive <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/this-study-could-be-scientific-nail-in-the-coffin-for-masks\/\">studies<\/a> on the effectiveness of masks that was published earlier this year found that masks do almost <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/this-study-could-be-scientific-nail-in-the-coffin-for-masks\/\">nothing<\/a> to reduce the spread of respiratory viruses.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD006207.pub6\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study, released in January<\/a>, looked at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-study-could-be-scientific-nail-in-the-coffin-for-masks\/\" title=\"This Study Could Be 'Scientific Nail in the Coffin' for Masks\">78 randomized control trials<\/a> that assessed the effectiveness of face masks against COVID-19, the flu, and other illnesses. It found that wearing masks &#8220;probably makes little or no difference&#8221; for the general public, no matter what kind of mask is worn.<\/p>\n<p>A poll conducted in 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/poll-nearly-half-of-parents-say-masks-at-school-hurt-kids\/\">found<\/a> that almost half of parents said forcing children to wear masks at school has hurt their educational, mental, and social development.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) supported mask mandates for two-year-olds, deeming it child abuse if parents failed to comply due to the absence of a vaccine. His endorsement came moments after Rep. 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