WASHINGTON — Children attending camp this summer should keep their face masks on in most situations, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a Wednesday briefing of the White House coronavirus response team.
“If you have five 10-year[-olds] who are on a soccer field, all in front of the same soccer ball, we’re trying to make sure that there’s not a lot of heavy breathing around a singular soccer ball with five kids around it at the same time,” Walensky said, defending guidance that critics say is overly restrictive and does not reflect conclusive studies showing the coronavirus spreads far more effectively in