The View host Joy Behar told her nationwide audience Thursday she plans to wear her face mask indefinitely, no matter what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decides on its updated masking guidance.
“So if I go on the subway, if I go in a bus, if I go into the theater … a crowded place, I would wear a mask, and I might do that indefinitely,” Behar said. “Why do I need the flu or a cold even? And so I’m listening to myself right now. I don’t think it’s 100% safe yet.”
“Personally, I listen to the little voice in my head that doesn’t really follow 100% what [the CDC tells] me because they keep changing it,” Behar said. “A very short time ago, they were saying, ‘Put the N95 masks on,’ and now … they’re saying you don’t have to wear them anymore.”
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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has admitted the organization’s guidance isn’t the end-all, be-all. In a tweet Tuesday, she wrote that the CDC will “assess where we are in the COVID-19 pandemic” and “use updated metrics to put guidance in place that is relevant to communities.” Many have interpreted this to mean it will loosen its guidance on masking, which prompted the conversation on The View.
As we consider factors to assess where we are in the #COVID19 pandemic, we will use updated metrics to put guidance in place that is relevant to communities, encourages prevention measures, and protects public health and our hospitals.
— Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH (@CDCDirector) February 16, 2022
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green was among the first to troll Behar following her show.
“When it comes to Joy Behar,” the Georgia lawmaker wrote Thursday, “Americans would just prefer she wear duct tape indefinitely.”
When it comes to Joy Behar, Americans would just prefer she wear duct tape indefinitely. https://t.co/lxWykGtd7N
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) February 17, 2022
Radio host Todd Starnes was grateful for her comment.
“Joy Behar says she will wear a face mask indefinitely. And a grateful nation thanks you, ma’am,” he tweeted.
Joy Behar says she will wear a face mask indefinitely. And a grateful nation thanks you, ma’am. #TheView #JoyBehar
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) February 17, 2022
Author Nick Adams agreed, calling it “a great thing for the country and all the people around her.”
“If it would make her feel safer,” Adams wrote, “she should get a mask that covers her entire face!”
Apparently Joy Behar says she will be wearing a mask ‘indefinitely’ in public places.
I think that’s a great thing for the country and all the people around her.
If it would make her feel safer, she should get a mask that covers her entire face!
— Nick Adams ? (@NickAdamsinUSA) February 17, 2022
Reporter Caleb Parke pointed at the hypocrisy of Behar’s defiance to the CDC.
“People have been canceled for less,” Parke wrote. “Yet Joy Behar can say she’s not going to follow CDC guidelines and it’s ok.”
People have been canceled for less, yet Joy Behar can say she’s not going to follow CDC guidelines and it’s ok. https://t.co/m5cbHF7DC4
— Caleb Parke (@calebparke) February 17, 2022
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The CDC enacted its first recommendation to use face masks to combat COVID-19 in July 2020.
