Republicans lash out against revised CDC mask guidance – live updates

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Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration under Donald Trump, said that he expected the Delta wave of coronavirus infections in the US to pass in the next few weeks.
“The vaccine does not make you impervious to infection,” Gottlieb told CNBC this morning. “There are some people who are developing mild and asymptomatic infections even after vaccination.”
"If you are vaccinated in a high prevalence area, in contact with virus, you think you might have the virus because you have mild symptoms--be prudent, get tested, maybe wear a mask especially if you are around a vulnerable person," says @ScottGottliebMD. pic.twitter.com/LFlMffkfe9
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Masks will also once again be required at the White House because Washington currently meets the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s standard for “substantial” spread of coronavirus.
“As a result and in keeping with guidance being issued today to White House staff, the WHCA is reimposing its mask requirement for all indoor spaces at the White House,” the White House Correspondents’ Association said yesterday in an advisory to its members. Continue reading...

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