Posted on 07/22/2021 2:14:33 PM PDT by lightman
The White House and a top U.S. health agency are not saying whether they’re considering a change to masking guidance amid an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, twice declined to say whether the agency was mulling a change. As of now, the recommendations are the same, she told reporters in a virtual briefing on Thursday.
“We are always looking at the data as the data come in,” Walensky said.
Jeffrey Zients, the White House’s COVID-19 coordinator, also deflected a question on whether masking guidance will change, as did White House press secretary Jen Psaki in a separate press conference.
According to reports, top Biden administration officials have been mulling whether to recommend fully vaccinated Americans wear masks in additional settings as COVID-19 cases rise due to the Delta variant.
Pressed on whether discussions have been held, Psaki said the administration is “guided by the science” and “guided by our public health experts.”
“And any decision would come from the CDC,” she added.
“I’ve seen the reporting. But what I can tell you is that there has been no decision to change our mask guidelines,” she also said.
The CDC currently advises people who are vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, that they do not need to wear masks unless required by local laws.
“We want to be clear to the public: nobody is being advised who’s vaccinated to wear a mask,” Psaki said, adding, “It’s pretty clear now that if you’re vaccinated, you don’t need to wear a mask; if you’re not vaccinated, you should wear a mask.”
The CDC’s guidelines are largely advisory but have been widely adopted in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Walensky has repeatedly warned in recent appearances about the Delta virus variant, which represents over eight out of 10 sequenced cases.
“The Delta variant is spreading with incredible efficiency,” she said Thursday.
Daily new COVID-19 cases dropped as low as 4,063 in June but have hit above 50,000 on multiple days this month.
No incentive.
We should start a rumor that the virus can get in by way of the ears.
Little earplugs won’t do it, got to wear the headphone style.
While sleeping too, that’s a third of your life you know.
No mas!
Patria y Vida!
Amazing how fast every media outlet everywhere has suddenly picked up on the “new spike in COVID cases! It just happened!” meme, now that most everyone is back to enjoying fairly normal life.
Huh. Almost as if it was planned or something.
Through the eyes !!!!!!
You LIE Joe.....
This is what it looks like when someone politicizes health care.
“We are always looking at the data as the data come in,” Walensky said.
From focus groups, I presume.
they want American to choose: JAIL or JAB4transHumanSTATUS
Go ahead, WH. Mandatory mask requirement starting tomorrow. Just do it. If that won’t push people over the edge, nothing will.
They are right to be hesitant to attempt to reinstate masking, since dozens of studies show masks and social distancing do NOT reduce risk at all, probably do increase risk slightly, and are very harmful to children. But go ahead, CDC, and make yourselves look more foolish than ever.
Wishful thinking. They stole an election, and are punishing hard the people who peacefully tried to make their case on Jan 6. Nothing is stopping them, from what I can see.
I will not wear a mask again except in a medical facility. I won’t travel. I won’t go to restaurants. I won’t shop except on the Internet. Effit. Frankly I don’t think it’ll even apply in Florida except in airports and federal facilities because DeSantis will not make a state mandate and he will override municipal mandates just as he did last year.
““And any decision would come from the CDC,” she added.”
Is the CDC a Federal agency or not?
F them all. I won’t and never have worn mask. I won’t get a vaccine.
Try and force me at your peril. My wrath is worse than a overhyped flu bug.
My Rino Gov in TN shut things down once. And he will NOT be re-elected.
F them. Nobody cares anymore, except for the Karens, and they still haven’t taken their masks off. And they’ve been vaccinated.
However, the WH is attacking Florida and Texas, because the WH wants to do either a mask order or another shutdown. Why, I do not know. Just power, I guess.
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