Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted his use of a mask indoors despite being fully vaccinated was for optics purposes.
“I didn’t want to look like I was giving mixed signals. But being a fully vaccinated person, the chances of my getting infected, in an indoor setting, is extremely low,” Fauci said during an appearance on ABC Tuesday. “And that’s the reason why in indoor settings now, I feel comfortable about not wearing a mask, because I’m fully vaccinated.”
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Fauci’s comments come after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its mask guidance, saying fully vaccinated individuals no longer have to wear a mask in most settings. The guidance also allows for unvaccinated people to ditch their masks outdoors, though it still recommends that unvaccinated individuals continue to wear masks indoors.
Fauci’s admission also seemingly contradicts testimony he made in a heated exchange with Sen. Rand Paul, who accused Fauci of performing theater by wearing a mask despite being fully vaccinated.
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“If we’re not spreading the infection, isn’t it just theater?” the Kentucky Republican said to Fauci during a Senate hearing. “If you’ve had the vaccine and you’re wearing two masks, isn’t that theater?”
“No, it’s not — here we go again with the theater,” Fauci responded.
“The other thing is, that when you talk about reinfection, and you don’t keep in the concept of variants, that’s an entirely different ballgame. That’s a good reason for a mask,” Fauci added.
But Paul wasn’t buying Fauci’s explanation, again accusing him of wearing two masks “for show.”
“You’ve been vaccinated, and you parade around in two masks for show,” Paul said.
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“Let me just state for the record that masks are not theater. Masks are protective,” Fauci responded.
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