and now we could if the union is going to say wear them. what are you going to do if your kid is 10 years old? send them to school and wear a mask? dana: there are parents who wanted to keep their kids home. we saw that. not universal by any means but a significant portion across the state of people that said i would rather have my kid be at home for any variety of reasons. the new york post said masking kids is irrational child abuse saying stop listening to unhinged bureaucrats who frame children as little disease vectors. there is a reason much of it isn t that they care about their kids less than we do. if we start masking at the insane age of two. it shows european kids care more about their development and not play bit parts in a grand psycho drama. bill: we ll see how it goes.
mass testing in the city of wuhan. this after a wide series of outbreaks of covid reached that city, remember that s where it all was first detebted in late 2019. three cases confirmed in wuhan yesterday. the first non-imported cases in more than a year. there are other cities, too, throughout china experiencing this as well. we want to bring this to you and follow it as well. dana: we don t know but is it a new variant is what i would love to know and what do we need to know? bill: is it home grown? it could very well be. arkansas has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country. as the state sees a spike in covid cases and as the delta variant spreads how to convince people to get the shot. governor asa hutchinson is with me now. good morning. great to be with you today. bill: here are the numbers. alabama 34%, mississippi 34 1/2 and arkansas 36.6 of total
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and tyson s has processing plants that were hit very early in the pandemic. they took great measures to protect the workplace. so this is just another step that they are taking to make sure that they have a healthy environment for their workers but also for the product that they produce. so i think you are going to see that continuing debate among the private sector and they should have that right to make that decision. bill: thank you for your time. will you have masks in schools or not? transmission rate in every county in arkansas is in the red. we have no statewide mandates in reference to masks. that is not going to happen. there is a debate on local decisions by school. for those kids 12 and under that s the vulnerability. they don t have access to the vaccine yet. that should be a local decision made by the local school district based upon what s being transmitted in their community. bill: all right, sir. thank you. dana: thank you, governor. bill: asa hutchinson from
ahead with reinstating mandates. let s bring in clay travis founder of outkick.com. having a great time talking to him. what did you think of the cat? good luck or bad luck? i think it s probably good luck. yank aoefs have had a lot of tough luck of late. bill: you ve been in your house, right? is that the basement or attic? the attic. my wife says we love this house. it looks like the bachelor house if you watch the bachelor ever and also game of thrones . she said upstairs, the attic you will have everything set up and be able to disappear and go up this and work. now the danger as i was telling you, i have three boys and they play madden and baseball and it s so loud. right before i do television i have to yell down no screaming during video games home all summer. that s the biggest challenge. bill: we brought you in to talk about this. dana: the question is about