Masks don’t prevent anyone from getting COVID even according to the CDC.It's not about science, it's about politics.
Republicans are terrified at being held accountable. They want to hide behind Fauci's skirt.
IMHO, the kids would get more “protection” and avoid the well-documented HARM that face masks cause, if each was “mandated” to carry a rabbit’s foot, a four-leaf clover or other lucky charm.