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Americans can expect guidance on mask wearing to “continue to be updated” and “changed” when asked about the new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to have children wear masks at summer camp, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.
“There’s no question that what the CDC is trying to do is to provide guidance to the American public, to parents, to families,” she said, adding that the updated guidance last week also recommends wearing a mask in crowded areas outdoors.
Asked whether the administration is concerned there will be compliance if guidance continues to change on mask wearing, Psaki said, “I think everyone can expect that the guidance will continue to be updated and will continue to change. And I think as a parent myself…I would welcome that.”
“Obviously there is nuance in all of these applications and people are still learning how to apply it,” she added.
Some context: CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on CNN’s New Day Wednesday that summer camp guidance from the CDC is there to try to make it so children can have as normal of a summer as possible.
CDC’s guidance for summer camps includes wearing masks except when eating and swimming and maintaining social distancing.
Walensky compared children playing tennis to children playing soccer, saying that if children are far away from each other playing tennis, they can take their masks off, but if they are crowded onto a soccer field, on top of each other and heavily breathing, then the CDC does not think it’s a good idea for them to be maskless when they are likely not vaccinated.
