Matthew McConaughey on Covid-19, Masks and Vaccines for Children – The New York Times

Early on, as this whole thing got politicized the mask, (right) instead of before, the mask word. I thought that should have been a quick and easy mandate. Its a mask. Its not the vaccine its a mask. No harm proven, and we only prove that it can be healthy. Its a small inconvenience for a possible long term freedom, everybody, lets pay the tithe, put one on. So were trying to figure this out as we go. The science is changing as we go. Now youve got vaccine mandates. Well, look here. Were going to, one day, were going to see who was exaggerating because as this thing got politicized, both sides, both sides, you could feel them both start to exaggerate. One side of the left was trying to raise up every number and anyone that died with the common cold, they said, blame it on Covid, raise the numbers. The other side saying no, none of this would have happened. COVID is not getting anybody. Now, were nine weeks into college football in America. We just had Wimbledon. We just had the English Premier Cup over in England. Well, I was sitting there going, these are super spreader events. I cant believe were doing it. Doomsday is coming. So far? (Right) 12 weeks later. Those dont seem to be super spreader events. So now the question really does not even seem as much are you vaccinated? Because I think were living in a pandemic world for the rest of time now. Ill make it more complicated. Kids. Senator Ted Cruz, your own state was giving Big Bird a hard time on this issue. I know, I know, I know, I know. So, so you see that. And you think what? Oh, look, Andrew. Here I am. I see that to his look. He just said. We can vaccinate kids. Are we going to? Do we need to trust? I want to trust in the science, Do I think that theres any kind of scam or conspiracy theory? Hell, no, I dont. No, I dont think theres any kind of we all got to get off that narrative. Theres not a conspiracy theory on the vaccines. These are scientists trying to do the right thing and then people say, yeah, but the big pharma is making the money they can. Fine, thats, thats as well, if thats true. OK? Its scary. Right now, Im not vaccinating mine, Ill tell you that. (Youre not?) Im not vaccinating mine, I want to get, Ive been vaccinated, my wife has been vaccinated. We have a high risk person in our household, my mother, whos 90, and shes immune compromised. So why? Why dont you want your kids to be vaccinated? We run, we go slow on vaccinations anyway, even before COVID. Now, mind you, Ive chosen, weve quarantined harder than any of our friends have and still are two years later. I dont want to. Maybe Im trying to keep it from my mom. OK, so weve been doing just a heavy amount of testing, when and everywhere we can. We even take the ones that take the ones with us out of the box where we can do them in our house, everywhere we can with anybody we come in contact with. Try to do things outdoors. Im in a position, though, where I can do that, and I understand that not everyone can do that. (Right.) I dont I cant I couldnt mandate having to vaccinate the younger kids, I still want to find out, I still want to find out more information, but I couldnt mandate it for kids just yet. No.

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