“It’s not healthy for these students to be sitting there all day, 6-year-old kids in kindergarten covered in masks.”
What FactCheck.org found
There is no evidence of adverse health effects from mask-wearing. “For many years, health care providers have worn masks for extended periods of time with no adverse health reactions,” the Mayo Clinic Health System notes
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Gov. Ron DeSantis (Florida governor) made this claim around 28 July 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 August 2021, 16 days later. Its rating was “No Evidence”.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- newsweek.comhttps://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-says-its-not-healthy-students-wear-masks-amid-new-c…
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This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.