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Wilcox, she's doing a great job. we just talked about a number of vaccine issues, but there's also issues around vaping and new treatments. we do need a treatment of the fda that can be a representative for the people of america. >> go ahead. >> the message is the same. get vaccinated and mask on. >> what are those this time? >> tigers. >> tigers, all right. dr. ali khan with the biggest mask in television, thank you for being with us every time. speaking of masks, this just in. florida's board of education has just voted to sanction mask mandates with no opt-outs. the board was meeting to c...

When he does that. or maybe in the band room when he's playing his instrument. that's it. sop even with a great kf- 94 mask when you're in an environment like that there's not much you can do probably. >> and not -- in the school is there an opt-out? >> of course there is. so there's actually two levels of opt-outs. williamson county when the mask mandate was enacted for grades k through 5 back on august 10th they passed -- they honored the system they used last year, which is a medical and/or religious exemption. as of august the 16th governor lee here in tennessee passed executive order 84, ...

Of opt-outs. williamson county, when the mask mandate was enacted for grades k through 5 back on august 10th, they honored the system they used last year, which is a medical and/or religious exemption. as of august 16th, governor lee here in tennessee passed executive order 84, which mandates any school with a mask mandate must have an opt-out clause. >> mm-hmm. >> and to quote the superintendent of my schools, it's an "i don't want to." i don't want to opt out, which is one of the most appalling things i've ever heard. >> i don't want my kids to wear a mask, and that's the opt out of. >> i do...

Covid-19. >> that's troubling. as we see the number of cases rise, we see the number of hospitalizations rise among kids which is certainly something to be concerned about and a number of kids in your son's school have been infected? >> that's correct. so, the sixth grader is -- kids are between 11 and 12 years old. so a lot cannot be vaccinated. in the last two weeks in the school over 20% of them have been infected. >> and the mask rules as they stand are the school wants you to wear masks but they can't require it. you can opt out, correct? >> that's correct. there's three different opt-out...

Elected politicians. this ruling was made with incoherent justifications not based in science and facts. frankly, not even remotely focussed on the merits of the case presented. interesting the governor went back to the science and facts here. at least his office did. the judge today in the ruling spent a good chunk of time essentially tearing apart the research that governor desantis routinely mentioned as facts even in his executive order. where the executive order that banned the mask mandates without an opt without. where does that leave the districts? right now you have ten districts that...