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   On 5/18/21 8:23 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:   
   > https://nypost.com/2021/05/14/nancy-pelosi-keeps-rule-requiring-masks-in-   
   > house-of-representatives/   
   >   
   > Off with the mask? Not so fast, if you’re a member of Congress.   
   >   
   > Despite updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and   
   > Prevention (CDC) stating that fully vaccinated people can “resume   
   > activities that you did prior to the pandemic” without wearing a mask or   
   > social distancing, House members are still required to keep their masks on   
   > in the chamber except when speaking during debate.   
   >   
   > House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CNN reporter Manu Raju she   
   > would not change the rule despite the new CDC recommendations.   
   >   
   > “No,” she said, according to Raju on Twitter. “Are they all   
   vaccinated?”   
   >   
   > A few hours later, Capitol Attending Physician Brian Monahan confirmed in   
   > a memo that the chamber’s mask requirement would “remain unchanged until   
   > all Members and floor staff are fully vaccinated.” Monahan added that the   
   > new CDC guidance does apply in House office buildings and all other areas.   
   >   
   > Pelosi estimated in late April that around 75 percent of House members   
   > have been vaccinated. She also said she would not force the remaining   
   > members to get the vaccine, citing privacy concerns.   
   >   
   > “I can’t go to the Capitol physician and say, ‘Give me the names of   
   people   
   > who aren’t vaccinated so I can go encourage them to,’ or make it known to   
   > others to encourage them to be vaccinated,” she told reporters at the   
   > time. “So we can’t do that. But you would hope that science would guide   
   > them to protect themselves, their family members and be good colleagues in   
   > the workplace to get vaccinated. And the sooner that happens, the better   
   > for everything.”   
   >   
   > Republicans accused the Speaker of being over-cautious, with one member   
   > calling on Pelosi to end what he dubbed “Mask-erpiece Theater.”   
   >   
   > “For all the talk from President Biden, Speaker Pelosi, and the mainstream   
   > media telling us to follow the science, political leaders should be   
   > setting an example for getting back to normal, not cowering in fear in   
   > defiance of common sense,” Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio) said in a statement.   
   > “Based on sound science, the CDC says those who are vaccinated have an   
   > incredibly low risk of becoming infected with coronavirus. With that data,   
   > there is no reason the House of Representatives should not be fully open   
   > and returned to normal operations. It’s time to end the House’s mask   
   > mandate and staggered voting.”   
   >   
   > “[Masks] should have been gone months ago,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.)   
   > told Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday. “Most members have   
   either   
   > been vaccinated or they have antibodies. This is a dumb rule to have.”   
   >   
   > House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) agreed, saying Pelosi should   
   > “just return to sanity.”   
   >   
   > “She wants to control the House,” Scalise told host Laura Ingraham.   
   “She   
   > wants to keep the public out of the people’s House, by the way, too. The   
   > American people are done with all of these shut-ins. They want to see   
   > their government in action.”   
   >   
   > Pelosi first imposed a mandatory mask policy for the House chamber in July   
   > of last year after Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) tested positive for   
   > coronavirus. In December, as cases increased nationwide, Pelosi required   
   > lawmakers to keep their masks on at all times in the chamber, even while   
   > speaking.   
      
   After which more of them seemed to show up with the Chinese Communist   
   Party Virus....   
      
   >   
   > No members of Congress have publicly disclosed a positive coronavirus test   
   > since late January.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Dr. Pelosi needs to go back to med school.....   
      
      
      
      
      
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