Mike Lee Leads Fight Asking CDC Why Children Forced To Wear Masks

On Thursday, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) fired off a letter, supported by roughly 30 other GOP legislators, to Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), asking how the CDC determined its guidance for children two years and older regarding wearing masks.

The letter began, “We write to request that you provide us with information on how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) came to its conclusion that children two years and older should wear face masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The CDC first put this recommendation forward in March 2020 and since then, many states and localities have based their mask mandate age requirements on it. Additionally, President Biden’s January 21, 2021 Executive Order required that all airports, commercial aircrafts, trains, intercity bus services, and other forms of public transportation comply with the CDC’s guidelines on mask wearing and the CDC subsequently put forward a corresponding mandate that only exempted children under the age of two years.”