{"id":1208065,"date":"2022-01-11T13:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208065"},"modified":"2022-01-11T13:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:19:49","slug":"marsha-blackburn-to-cdc-masks-have-not-and-will-not-make-covid-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marsha-blackburn-to-cdc-masks-have-not-and-will-not-make-covid-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsha Blackburn to CDC: &#039;Masks Have Not and Will Not Make COVID Go Away&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarsha-blackburn-to-cdc-masks-have-not-and-will-not-make-covid-go-away%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) issued a reminder to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday, noting that masking is not key to making the Chinese coronavirus disappear \u2014 a reminder that comes as certain states and localities reinstitute mask mandates nearly two years after the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear <a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCDirector\">@CDCDirector<\/a>, Masks have not and will not make COVID go away,\u201d the Tennessee Republican said on Tuesday:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCDirector?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CDCDirector<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>Masks have not and will not make COVID go away.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1480890894043815938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Public health officials have continued urge everyone regardless of vaccination status to wear masks to stop the spread of the virus, despite the fact that vaccines were originally pitched as a way to return to a state of maskless, pre-pandemic normalcy.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re asking everyone to follow these four steps: Get vaccinated and get boosted if you are eligible, wear a mask, stay home when you\u2019re sick, and take a test if you have symptoms or are looking for greater, extra reassurance before you gather with others,\u201d CDC director Rochelle Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/01\/05\/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-77\/\">pleaded<\/a> during last week\u2019s White House COVID-19 Response Team\u2019s press conference.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci repeated that sentiment, telling Americans that they cannot become \u201ccomplacent\u201d just because of omicron\u2019s decreased severity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden on mask mandate orders: &#8220;It\u2019s about patriotism. It\u2019s about being patriotic. It\u2019s about saving lives, for real. I\u2019m\u2014 this is not hyperbole. It\u2019s about being patriotic.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Slpqqn7UmM\">https:\/\/t.co\/Slpqqn7UmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1329037106593869826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo, don\u2019t take this as a signal that we can pull back from the recommendations that you just heard from Dr. Walensky about the need for vaccination, for boostering, for wearing masks, and all the other CDC recommendations,\u201d he said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Current CDC guidance instructs every unvaccinated individual two or older to wear a mask in indoor public places, but it also urges vaccinated individuals to \u201cconsider wearing a mask in crowded outdoor settings and for activities with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/php\/contact-tracing\/contact-tracing-plan\/appendix.html#contact\">close contact<\/a>&nbsp;with others who are not fully vaccinated\u201d if they are in areas with high coronavirus numbers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19445194\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237660277.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19445194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237660277-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House Chief Medical Advisor and Director of the NIAID, arrive for a Senate&nbsp; hearing to examine the federal response to Covid-19 and new emerging variants on January 11, 2022 at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (SHAWN THEW\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201cIf you are fully vaccinated, to maximize protection and prevent possibly spreading COVID-19 to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view\">of substantial or high transmission<\/a>,\u201d the CDC adds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The pleas come despite blue, mandate-heavy areas seeing some of the highest coronavirus figures in the nation, regardless of mask mandates.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Notably, President Biden originally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/27\/no-end-of-masks-in-sight-despite-president-bidens-original-plan-for-just-100-days-of-masking\/\">pitched<\/a> just 100 days of masking, which he said would \u201cmake a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a political statement; it\u2019s a patriotic act,\u201d he said at the time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yet, America is well beyond the 100 day period of Biden\u2019s masking plan, and there is still no end in sight. All the while, despite the masking rules \u2014 including on planes \u2014 the U.S. is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/10\/u-s-surpass-record-coronavirus-hospitalizations\/\">slated<\/a> to surpass record coronavirus hospitalizations this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19445274\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237662197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19445274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237662197-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Dr. Rochelle Walensky answers questions during the Senate hearing.&nbsp;(GREG NASH\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>\u201c220,000 Americans dead. If you hear nothing else I say tonight, hear this,\u201d Biden said during a presidential debate with former President Trump in October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone who\u2019s responsible for not taking control \u2014 in fact, not saying, I take no responsibility, initially \u2014 anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as President of the United States of America,\u201d he added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It does not appear that Biden believes he, himself, should step down from his post, despite the fact that the figure now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/us\/\">surpasses<\/a> 800,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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