Tucker Carlson slammed schools that continue to enforce mask mandates and ridiculed the extreme measures many continue to take despite exp...
Tucker Carlson slammed schools that continue to enforce mask mandates and ridiculed the extreme measures many continue to take despite experts saying that the face coverings 'provide little discernible benefit' in combatting COVID.
The FOX anchor took aim at a Virginia elementary school that is threatening to arrest kids who don't wear masks, a New York school that treats unmasked pupils as truants and a Connecticut school that not only forces students to wear masks but puts mask on musical instruments.
According to a service that tracks mask policies in school districts across America found that more than 60 percent of the districts they monitor still require masks.
'Masks don't benefit children,' Carlson said. 'They actively harm children. Child development experts are weighing in and saying, "Oh yes, long-term use of masks on children can inflict profound cognitive damage.'"
Carlson then spoke about photos of students at Oxford Middle School in Connecticut playing instruments with masks over their faces and instruments
Tucker Carlson railed against school administrations still forcing students to wear masks in school, despite science saying masks 'provide little discernible benefit'
Last month, three prominent health experts penned an article in The Athletic that railed against mask mandates.
'Imposing on millions of children an intervention that provides little discernible benefit, on the grounds that we have not yet gathered solid evidence of its negative effects, violates the most basic tenet of medicine: First, do no harm,' wrote the three, which included Margery Smelkinson, an infectious-disease scientist.
In Virginia, where newly-elected Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin banned mask mandates in schools, Loudoun County elementary school assistant principal Janet Davidson informed parents that children who come to school maskless will be charged with 'trespassing.'
The school district has been plagued by numerous scandals, including the teaching of critical race theory-inspired 'equity' lessons and a rape of a student by a transgender student.
In Virginia, trespassing is a Class I felony that holds a 12-month jail sentence or $2,500 fine
'Until you arrive, your children will be held in an in-school restriction situation here at school,' Davidson said. 'It is important that I point out to you that they are not allowed on campus or on Loudoun County public school property.
'Starting tomorrow, it will be considered trespassing. So it's important that I make that statement to you. The guidelines that we're receiving from the county is student suspensions will end as soon as they are fully following mitigation policies.'
Carlson blasted the policy: 'It is not a debate over science. It's a debate about power.'
'Now, it's easy to laugh at this, but it's also horrifying,' Carlson said about the photos. 'Think about the brainwashing required to do this with a straight face'
Loudoun County elementary school assistant principal Janet Davidson told parents that kids who come to school maskless will be charged with 'trespassing'
In New York, Oquenock Elementary School in West Islip sent letters to parents recently explaining their children will be considered truant if they show up to school without a mask.
'For the last week, your child has arrived at school but refused to wear a mask, and therefore has not been permitted to attend class or participate in other school activities,' the Long Island school said in a letter sent to a parent of a young child. 'Your child will no longer be able to attend school unless they wear a mask...If your child does not return to school, they will be considered truant.'
Carlson then showed photos of students at Oxford Middle School in Connecticut playing instruments with masks over their faces as well as over the instruments.
'Now, it's easy to laugh at this, but it's also horrifying,' Carlson said. 'Think about the brainwashing required to do this with a straight face.'
In January, Judge Thomas Rademaker struck down New York State's mask mandate a week before it was due to expire, ruling that the governor doesn't have the authority to impose it without approval from the State Legislature.
In March, lawmakers ruled that New York was no longer under a state of emergency, limiting the governor's and the health commissioner's powers - but Gov. Kathy Hochul still re-introduced the mandate in December 2021.
Rademaker said that legislators' decision to declare New York no longer in a state of emergency means the new measures forcing residents to wear masks in all indoor spaces, which carry fines of up to $1,000 for those who do not comply, are unenforceable and are now void.
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