Cruz joins Paul in ditching mask despite CDC recommendations

[babylonsister]

Cruz joins Paul in ditching mask despite CDC recommendations
By Ted Barrett and Manu Raju, CNN
Updated 8:38 PM ET, Thu April 15, 2021


(CNN)Sen. Ted Cruz is no longer wearing a face mask as he walks the halls of the Capitol complex or goes to the Senate floor for debates and votes.

"At this point I've been vaccinated. Everybody working in the Senate has been vaccinated," the Texas Republican told CNN, even though many staff members and reporters in the Capitol have not been vaccinated.
Cruz defended his decision to drop using the mask even after being told that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still recommending people who have been vaccinated wear masks in public.

"CDC has said in small groups, particularly with people who were vaccinated don't need to wear masks," he responded as he climbed into a small Capitol elevator with two aides, both of whom were wearing masks.

In fact, the current CDC guidance says because "we're still learning how vaccines will affect the spread of COVID-19" it's important that "after you've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, you should keep taking precautions — like wearing a mask, staying 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and poorly ventilated spaces—in public places until we know more."

Vaccines are not 100% effective and the CDC and National Institutes of Health say there is no way for a fully vaccinated person to know if they are perhaps carrying an asymptomatic infection that could spread to someone else.

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/ted-cruz-no-mask/index.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I don't understand how Heidi Cruz is OK with this.

Her husband may be bringing home the Virus to her and to their children.

But then again, she allegedly was the one with the "great" idea of hightailing it out of Texas during the winter storm to hang in Mexico.

[GoCubsGo]

4. She didn't complain when he refused to defend her when Trump smeared her.

I'm thinking ol' Heidi is just as much a sociopath as is her husband.

[tanyev]

7. Yep, she appeared to be the ringleader of the Cancun fiasco.

[Mike Nelson]

2. I understand...

... Cruz and Paul are likely going to be okay without the mask... however, they are still US Senators and need to follow US Government rules. They should be sent home until they comply. The USA is a country with a Government. We cannot all make our own rules! Get rid of these two!

[Piratedog]

3. They never pass up any opportunity to be total dicks!

[blogslug]

5. Hey, Ted! It's not about you.

You can still contract the virus even when you been vaccinated. Just because you now have antibodies to subdue Covid, that doesn't mean you can't catch it and spread it to vulnerable people around you. You selfish human slime trail.

[pamdb]

6. Idiot cruz

Didn’t Biden say that masks are to be worn in all federal buildings?