Posted on 04/25/2021 12:51:46 PM PDT by lightman
en. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said federal government officials’ insistence on wearing masks in public appearances has discouraged people from getting the COVID-19 vaccine, suggesting that it’s not necessary for fully vaccinated individuals to keep wearing masks around in public.
Describing the move as “theater,” Paul said that it would harm efforts to get people vaccinated if the public doesn’t believe the shot has an impact in curbing the spread of the virus. He was referring to an online meeting between world leaders, in which President Joe Biden was the only official wearing a mask.
Biden forgot that “this theater was so ridiculous that people would call him out on it,” he added. Last week, others had questioned why the president would wear a mask in such a setting. All the other world leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were not wearing masks.
“If I want to go visit the White House, Republicans, and Democrats who go visit, even though they’ve all been vaccinated or had the disease, they’re being tested with a deep sinus test,” Paul told Fox News over the weekend,
“And they’re being told that wear the N95 masks to go in the White House, even though they’ve all been vaccinated,” he added. “So, there is no science behind any of this. It’s fear-mongering. But it also has a deleterious effect, in that it’s discouraging people from getting the vaccine because they’re saying, well, if the vaccine doesn’t mean anything, it doesn’t seem to have any protective benefit, you get no benefit.”
If people cannot “quit wearing the mask,” some have asked why they should get vaccinated at all, Paul said.
“I think that’s the wrong attitude,” the Kentucky Republican added. “But this is what’s coming from Biden and the so-called scientists that he’s putting forward.”
It comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s director, Rochelle Walenksy, said the agency is looking into revising its mask provision for people who are outside.
“We’ll be looking at the outdoor masking question, but also in the context of the fact that we still have people who are dying of COVID-19,” she told “Today” last week.
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, otherwise known as the novel coronavirus.
The current CDC guidelines say that “masks may not be necessary when you are outside by yourself away from others, or with people who live in your household.”
The Epoch Times has contacted the White House for comment.
I just got my shot today they DEMANDED ID!!! I asked why do I have to show my ID when it is racist and a return to Jim Crow and they said I couldn’t get the shot otherwise. Isn’t that curious? Absolutely no reason to show ID, but trying to prevent election fraud showing an ID is racist and Jim Crow.
I just wrote to Pelosi and Schumer about this..........
https://twitter.com/EricMandell5/status/1386408361596317698
https://twitter.com/EricMandell5/status/1386406495277834241
He’s right.
The main idea for vaccination is to get back to normal.
Wasn’t he anti vax?
I like Senator Paul, but that ain't it.
I’ll wear the mask before I’ll get the shot. I’ve been wearing them for years with no issue. I’m not taking that shot.
Biden is oldest? Compromised? Of leaders present.
That would require our betters to surrender power over us, power that they seized without so much as a public hearing. They just don't intend to do that.
The entire thing is ‘theatre’.
I’m waiting 2-3 years. If half the country develops a twitch or grows a tail, I know I did the right thing.
Biden was all wrapped up like a Mummy at a Nudist Camp.
Yep. If Biden won’t remove the mask for a teleconference despite being vaccinated over three months ago, what kind of message does that send to unsure Americans about the vaccine?
The main idea for vaccination is to get back to normal.
We do not get vaccinated to continue wearing our masks.
Since our 2 weeks post vaccinated #2, we have traveled to the beach, ate great sea food, stayed at a nice lodge and played a lot of bridge with 2 friends.
We celebrated a late birthday with a member of our family and his family. We hugged, kissed and shared a meal with them without a mask.
My wife and her Church Lady Lunch group met for an outside lunch, hugged/kissed and got caught up. They will actually be meeting in our church courtyard in a couple of weeks. They also have scheduled another lunch.
We will be resuming some church functions and just attendance.
We have started resuming our lives post vaccination.
Since we are 80+, we don’t know how many more days our Lord will allow us. We intend to maximize those days,
I'm for quality over quantity.
Describing the move as “theater,” Paul said
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Right on the mark. That’s all it is.
I’m better than you because I wear a mask and you don’t, you don’t care about your fellow man and I do.
Gag me with a fork.
I just got my shot today they DEMANDED ID!!! I asked why do I have to show my ID when it is racist and a return to Jim Crow and they said I couldn’t get the shot otherwise. Isn’t that curious? Absolutely no reason to show ID, but trying to prevent election fraud showing an ID is racist and Jim Crow.
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Friend, they are just trying to determine whether you might be using multiple aliases to get more vaccinations than you are entitled to, thereby robbing poor minorities, women and children of their fair share, you shameless racist you.
Either that, or Pooh said, “You wear mask!”, and Biden did.
Gotta make sure the chain of command is clear.
Yep. If Biden won’t remove the mask for a teleconference despite being vaccinated over three months ago, what kind of message does that send to unsure Americans about the vaccine?
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PedoJoe has heard about those new fangled computer viruses and is afraid that some folks might be watching his telecast on their computers.
He’s not sending a message. He’s looking like an idiot. But I digress.
why should anyone believe anything that the cdc, fauxi, and the scientific community says about a so called “deadly virus” when they refuse to speak up about the dangers of our feral government opening the border, inviting, and then distributing thousands of disease carrying invaders across our country during a so called “global pandemic”???...
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