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Chicago Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, is now forcing children in daycare to mask up, despite the coronavirus reportedly posing an “extremely low risk” to kids so young.
On Wednesday, the governor announced that “effective immediately,” young children even under the age of two must be masked while at school in Illinois.
“Because of the lower rates of vaccination among teens aged 12 to 17, because the vaccine has not yet been approved for children under 12, because there are many people who are reluctant across some of the districts to adopt the CDC’s guidance, effective immediately, all P-12 schools and daycares in Illinois must follow the CDC guideline of universal masking inside, regardless of vaccine status,” he said.
P-12 is short for prekindergarten through 12th grade.
Listen to his announcement below:
WATCH: Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker announces a state-wide mask mandate for preschoolers through 12th grade.
He cited low vaccination rates among school-aged children, and the vaccine not being approved for children under the age of 12.
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— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 5, 2021
The shocking mandate was issued despite the fact that the “overall risk of children becoming severely ill or dying from Covid is extremely low,” as reported by the BBC last month following an analysis conducted by scientists from University College London, and the Universities of York, Bristol, and Liverpool.
Pritzker’s mandate provoked immediate outrage, including from his 2022 gubernatorial challenger, Illinois state Sen. Darren Bailey, who took to Twitter to accuse the governor of being a “tyrant.”
Look:
Let me be clear, if you want a vaccine or want to wear a mask, I hope you get one. I will help you get one if you need help. But anyone who wants to force masks on children or force a vaccine is a tyrant.
— Darren Bailey for Governor (@DarrenBaileyIL) August 4, 2021
It’s time to stop this nonsense and I will fight to my last breath for freedom and common-sense policies.
Call your school board members and tell them to stand up. Local control matters. Your voice matters; mental health matters.
— Darren Bailey for Governor (@DarrenBaileyIL) August 4, 2021
YOUR FREEDOM TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY MATTERS.
Show up. Stand up. Get involved. #standingwithyouin2022 #baileyforillinois #twill
— Darren Bailey for Governor (@DarrenBaileyIL) August 4, 2021
Meanwhile, both the Illinois State Board of Education and Pritzker were pilloried by the general public for a couple of different reasons.
One group of critics said that he just eliminated the incentive for teenagers to pursue vaccination.
Look:
My private school was motivating kids to get vaccines because vaccinated kids would get to remove their masks in school. @JBPritzker just took away the strongest vaccine motivation for hesitant kids 12+ and parents who see the virus as not a worry to them.
That’s a problem.
— Chris Lanuti (@ChrisLanuti) August 4, 2021
Yep, just straight up lied to all the kids. It was the #1 advantage they used to get the kids to vax. The kids at no risk. How people actually trust public health and fall for divide and conquer over and over is insane
— LetDaKidsPlayIL (@let_il) August 5, 2021
@GovPritzker Listen to this girl! You are destroying our children. You are a total disgrace to this state. https://t.co/YvAdh83x6I
— itsme (@heylaurieanne) August 6, 2021
Another group of critics questioned his decision to institute this mandate on children only days after he allowed thousands of adults to party unmasked at Lollapalooza.
Look:
Thankfully all of that revenue generated by exposing Chicago to Lollapalooza will be funneled right into the communities most devastated by the pandemic in orded to facilitate access to healthcare & other means to improve the collective health of those residents. Correct?
— Courtney Solomon (@peccaviology) August 4, 2021
How can you justify having 400,000 people at Lollapalooza over 4 days when you knew as governor that you were going to require mask the next week. Also what is the mitigations? When the governor says it’s okay. He bases everything over stats. So what is it?
— Conrad Carver (@Shubabe24) August 6, 2021
Remember when we just had Lollapalooza and 385,000+ ppl packed in like sardines partying in public, bringing in all that $$$, but then a couple days later you announced mask mandates in schools like we are in a horrible pandemic?
— Charlie Murray (@HaplessHilt11) August 5, 2021
A third group of critics demanded that he cite the “science” that justifies forcing children to wear a mask for eight or more hours per day.
Look:
Show us the underlying medical studies supporting this! Should be easy to do given your rhetoric that this “follows the science.” My family and many others feel violated by your overreaching. Please someone do something to stop this @ACLU
— Brett Rodgers (@BrettRo18622673) August 5, 2021
Daily message: @GovPritzker this is evil. No real “science and data” supports masking children in schools. The harm you are doing will damage our children forever. Reverse course now. Masks optional in schools this fall. #UNMASKOURCHILDREN #twill @ChiCathSchools
@LoyolaAcademy— EndILshutdown (@EndILshutdown) August 5, 2021
But but we are safe, right @GovPritzker ? Doesn’t care about the other harms of masks or loss of social skills. Just politics. No science. Can’t site a law or anything to support his Kings decrees. Clown. @DarrenBaileyIL https://t.co/pTI1RIXSIC
— Billy 🔴⚪️⚫️ (@Billy006) August 5, 2021
The latest polling data reported by the Chicago Sun-Times in March showed Pritzker enjoying a meager 41 percent favorable vs an equal 41 percent unfavorable rating. If the public’s reaction to his latest mandate is any indicator, he could be in trouble next year.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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