(CNN) Marjorie Taylor Greene, a GOP congressional candidate in Georgia with a history of incendiary comments, asserted in a tweet on Tuesday that "children should not wear masks," comments in sharp contrast with the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health professionals. Greene claimed that masks are "unhealthy for their psychological, emotional, and educational growth" and "forcing boys to wear masks is emasculating." The CDC recommends that people 2 and older "wear masks in public settings around people who don't live in your household and when you can't stay 6 feet away from others." Children represent nearly 10% of all reported cases in the US, according to the groups' report released Tuesday. They found that 70,630 new child cases were reported from August 20 through September 3, a 16% increase in child cases over two weeks.

Source: CNN September 08, 2020 19:21 UTC