YouTube removes video of DeSantis and experts for claiming kids don't need masks

DeSantis moderated the group’s discussion on the global response to the pandemic. The experts included Oxford epidemiologist Dr. Sunetra Gupta, Harvard professor Dr. Martin Kulldorff, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya from Stanford University and Dr. Scott Atlas, who served as a controversial coronavirus adviser to former President Donald Trump. The video, posted by the American Institute for Economic Research, was deleted on Wednesday over comments by the doctors saying it is unnecessary for children to wear masks, a YouTube spokesperson reportedly told TheWrap. The offending statements came when the Florida Republican asked if it was necessary for kids to wear masks in school, to which Kulldorff responded that “children should not wear face masks, no.” “They don’t need it for their own protection and they don’t need it for protecting other people, either,” he added.