Posted on 05/18/2021 1:08:01 PM PDT by conservative98
President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Tuesday confirmed what Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told him two months ago about mask-wearing being unnecessary for Americans vaccinated against COVID-19.
Fauci appeared on ABC's"Good Morning America" to discuss the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new mask recommendations, reiterating that the CDC says it's safe for vaccinated people to stop wearing face coverings. He explained that the science has "evolved" over the last few weeks to show that vaccinated people are protected from infection and that the risk of them spreading the virus to someone else is "extremely low, very very low."
When asked by host George Stephanopoulos how his personal mask-wearing habits have changed, Fauci responded that he feels more comfortable being seen in public indoors without a mask. Though he was vaccinated in December, Fauci said he had continued to wear a mask to avoid sending "mixed signals" to the American people by not wearing a mask.
"I'm obviously careful because I'm a physician and a health care provider. I am now much more comfortable in people seeing me indoors without a mask, I mean, before the CDC made the recommendation change I didn't want to look like I was giving mixed signals," Fauci told ABC News.
"But being a fully vaccinated person the chances of my getting infected in an indoor setting is extremely low. And that's the reason why in indoor settings now I feel comfortable about not wearing a mask because I'm fully vaccinated."
Exactly two months ago, on March 18, Fauci told a different story to Sen. Paul during a hearing on the pandemic response. Paul had grilled Fauci on the absence of scientific evidence to suggest that vaccinated Americans needed to wear masks.
"You're telling everybody to wear a mask whether they've had an infection or a vaccine, what I'm saying is they have immunity and everybody agrees they have immunity," Paul said. "What studies do you have that people who have had the vaccine or have had the infection are spreading the infection?"
"If we're not spreading the infection, isn't it just theater?" he pressed.
At the time, Fauci told Paul "I totally disagree with you" and insisted that mask-wearing is not theater because of the risk that vaccines did not protect against COVID-19 variants.
Now, Fauci admits that he continued to wear a mask indoors even though he was vaccinated and knew he didn't need to because he didn't want to send "mixed signals" to the American people, which appears to be the very definition of "theater."
Sen. Paul has not yet commented publicly on Fauci's remarks but he did share the following social media post from the Republican Party of Kentucky: " Two months TO THE DAY after Dr. @RandPaul said Dr. Fauci was performing 'theater' and wearing two masks 'for show' despite being vaccinated, Dr. Fauci finally admits it was, indeed, for show."
Dr. Fauci admits his wearing masks indoors despite being vaccinated was based on imagery, not science:
"I didn’t want to look like I was giving mixed signals but being a fully vaccinated person, the chances of my getting infected in an indoor setting is extremely low." pic.twitter.com/UdJdhHvoR0— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) May 18, 2021
COVID Theater: Dr. #Fauci says he wore a mask to avoid 'giving mixed signals'https://t.co/RNlmYO4anS— Sara A. Carter (@SaraCarterDC) May 18, 2021
Rand Paul wins: Dr. Fauci admits he wore a mask for show to avoid sending 'mixed signals' https://t.co/E6dMttJCgu— TheBlaze (@theblaze) May 18, 2021
Remember When Fauci Told Rand Paul That Masks "Are Not Theater"? Today, He Said He Didn't Remove His Mask Earlier Because He Didn't Want To Give "Mixed Signals." https://t.co/789vkoB5H4— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) May 18, 2021
Dr Fauci admits he kept wearing a mask indoors after being fully vaccinated to avoid sending 'mixed signals' https://t.co/nmJVE6R1vg— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) May 18, 2021
Fauci admits he wore mask for optics: 'Didn’t want to look like I was giving mixed signals' https://t.co/j4YBh5ZxQI— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 18, 2021
I think Fauci here once again affirms that he was deceiving people with the masking theater of only last week. Don't want to send "mixed signals," don't ya know! https://t.co/CfQbsYPhDD— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) May 18, 2021
The reality is....The “no mask necessary” info should have been included at the time you received your vaccination. We would have better data on infections AFTER the vaccine...
Spell Check committed a Freudian Slip.
We need a Nuremberg style trial for Fauci & his ilk, and I’m OK with
Rand Paul giving him hell, but Rand Paul chose NOT to be one of
the six senators that voted against the steal on January 6th.
I’d still chose him for speaker instead of the turtle, though, if he was
the only option.
~Easy
You mean senate majority leader. Speaker is in the House.
I watched Paul and Fauci, and I would maintain Fauci lost, but Paul did not win. Rand Paul kept interrupting when Fauci was digging himself into ever deeper dudu. Fauci never admitted that wearing a mask was theater, but in fact denied it was. Given a chance to keep talking he could have made a more obvious contradiction for Paul to take advantage of to make the point about theater in a way that surprised Fauci.
He’s either telling the truth about it being for show. Or he’s lying about it being for show because he’s not actually vaccinated.
Rand Paul will be the winner only when Dr. Fauci is prosecuted and behind bars for the rest of his life. Throw Soros and Bill Gates in there with him!
The news readers and ‘entertainment’ people do not wear masks and they are not dying. Not a sniffle.
Yup, sorry. Long day. ;-)
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