Francis Collins: Children Under 12 Wearing Masks is 'Really Smart Thing to Do' and 'Sacrifice Worth Making'

Townhall.com ^ | 1 August A.D. 2021 | Rebecca Downs

[lightman]

This Sunday, the public also heard from Dr. Anthony Fauci's boss, Dr. Francis Collins, the head of the NIH. On "Fox News Sunday," Dr. Collins spoke with Dana Perino, who was filling in for Chris Wallace.

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced new guidelines that students, staff, and teachers at K-12 schools wear masks, regardless of vaccination status.

Of particular interest and concern, then, is the idea of children under 12, who are not even eligible to be vaccinated yet, should have to wear masks. Such guidelines have drawn particular ire.

As Perino and Collins discussed:

PERINO: ...Do you think it's necessary for children to have to be masked in schools as they start, you know, in the next couple of weeks?

COLLINS: Well, if the goal here is to reduce transmission of this virus amongst children who are not completely immune from getting seriously ill, or having them pass it on to others in their households, the masks are the best thing we've got right now to reduce that. I know people are frustrated. And I know people are frustrated and it has gotten very political and people are looking for someone to blame. Just put all that aside and look at the facts. Delta is as contagious as we now know it is, and we want to try to put an end to what is a very significant uptick right now. Wearing masks, if you're under 12 and can't be vaccinated, when you're school is a really smart thing to do. And I know it's tiresome and kids and their parents are sick of it. But let's think about what we're talking about, life and death here. We've lost 620,000 Americans already. If we could save even a few of those by putting masks on ourselves and our kids, well, it seems like the right thing to do.

PERINO: And then at some point don't we have to accept that there will be some risk?

COLLINS: Oh, there is risk in being alive right now, for sure, and risk in going around your business which I think we're all determined to try to do and avoid lockdowns, which is something we don't want to have to go back to. But if we're going to be able to continue, whether in business or in school, to do things that we all really value, putting the mask on is the best way to ensure that things don't get worse. So it seems like a sacrifice worth making.

Perino was likely bringing up the argument that we cannot live in a completely risk-free society, and viewers surely could have benefited from hearing a better response from Collins there.

Collins make reference to the 620,000 Americans who died from COVID. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, which used numbers updated July 22:

Mortality (43 states, NYC, PR and GU reported)*

Children were 0.00%-0.26% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 8 states reported zero child deaths

In states reporting, 0.00%-0.03% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death

As was covered in May, New York Magazine's Intelligencer used data from Hospital Pediatrics to report that "New Research Suggests Number of Kids Hospitalized for COVID Is Overcounted."

[lightman]

It’s all about teaching COMPLIANCE….
...not following “science”:

Masks are:

1) a sign of submission, subversion and subjugation
2) mandated in order to dehumanize
3) virtue signaling devices
4) meant to provide constant reinforcement of fear
5) used to destroy community, friends and family normal communication
6) implemented to create isolation, confusion, anxiety, destroy human connectivity, trust and interactions
7) mandated to exacerbate illness
8) intended to aid in the abandonment of the belief and reliance on our immune systems
9) intended to refute integrous science
10) signal to positions of power that you are willing to give up all of your rights and freedoms based on anything they say, even if it is a BIG FAT LIE!

[rightwingcrazy]

Anyone who says someone else’s sacrifice is “worth making” is an ass. They should speak for themselves, no one else.

[jimfree]

She is a liar or just plain stupid.

[SuperLuminal]

Sort of like a very, very late post-birth abortion...

Hand the kids the used masks like Joepedo does...
Give the little kids TB to cut back on child healthcare costs...

Typical communist strategy or tactic...

[lightman]

Methinks Francis is a he:

[BipolarBob]

Hmmm, probably thinks abortion is a sacrifice worth making as well.

[no_go_lie]

We are losing our younger generations through those masks, especially the double or triple kind. Kids need oxygen to grow their brains and bodies! These “scientists” are cretins, and enemies of society.

[lightman]

The oxygen-deprived are more easily manipulated.

[Puppage]

GFYS!!!

[Puppage]

She can be both, yes?

[cgbg]

Leftists love to sacrifice others.

They learned that trick from the Aztecs.

[blueplum]

Observing facial expressions and how others pronounce vocabulary is integral to learning in children.

I’d be less adverse to clear face shields which allow children to become ‘astronauts’ - and where the shield is more of a game of being in ‘astronaut school’ instead of seeming like a claustrophobic punishment. Why nobody has thought of that is anyone’s guess, other than it would cost the school about $1 a student to hand them out. Hang on student name hooks, quick spray of lysol by the janitor, and ready for the next day.

[smvoice]

My thought is that Biden actually thinks his momentos will one day be sought after and cherished.
Yes, one day be that kid will be an old man, and he will lead his great grandchildren to the special box that contains an actual mask that Pres. Biden coughed, breathed, sneezed and spittled into.
Such are the beliefs of a dementiated old fa*t that is is carrying around the nuclear suitcase.

[Amendment10]

"Francis Collins: Children Under 12 Wearing Masks is 'Really Smart Thing to Do' and 'Sacrifice Worth Making'"

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FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

• New Study Shows Face Masks Force Children to Inhale Over 12x More Than the Safe Amount of CO2 (7.16.21)

• Author of Retracted Study on Harm of Mask-Wearing by Children Says Removal Was ‘Political’ (7.21.21)

• A Group Of Parents Sent Their Kids' Face Masks to A Lab for Analysis. Here's What They Found (6.15.21)

• AAP’s Child Face Mask Guidance Makes Zero Sense . . . Until You See Their Biggest Sponsor (7.20.21

• Mask-Free Sweden Nears Zero Daily Covid Deaths As Chief Epidemiologist Warns Against ‘Far-Reaching Conclusions’ About Delta Strain (8.1.21)

[mikey_hates_everything]

Don’t want the kids bringing it home and killing both of their daddies!

[toddausauras]

Turns the kids into sheep this is scary stuff.

[Scarlett156]

Wow. Kids are already a stock show of disease. Making them wear masks makes them...ok, let me start over again....

Kids are already a hydrogen bomb of disease. Making them wear masks makes them NEUTRON BOMBS OF DISEASE.

[rdcbn1]

Collins is a liar.

The Reproduction Number, Ro , for the Wuhan Virus Delta v variant is 8 which is about as high as it gets. For comparison, the Ro for the cold or the flu is 2, maybe 3..

This has the same infection rate as chicken pox - which means everyone who is capable of catching this disease is going to catch it.

Masks will do absolutely nothing to stop it's spread.

[Chgogal]

Until PeRINO puts a mask on Jasper I will ignore anything she reports.

[TigersEye]

It’s stupid beyond belief.