Pediatricians advise face masks

The nation’s top infectious disease expert is suggesting parents follow new COVID19 guidance for maskwearing issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The academy is recommending schools require face masks for children older than 2 and all adults — regardless of vaccination status. Dr. Anthony Fauci told “CBS This Morning” the academy wants to “go the extra mile” to make sure kids are protected at school because of the rise in cases blamed on the delta variant of the coronavirus.

That guidance is slightly different from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has advised maskwearing in schools just for unvaccinated children and adults.

Fauci says the CDC is “carefully looking” at its COVID19 school guidance.