{"id":1349054,"date":"2022-02-28T11:37:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1349054"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:38:03","slug":"u-s-capitol-ditches-masks-ahead-of-bidens-state-of-the-union-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-capitol-ditches-masks-ahead-of-bidens-state-of-the-union-address\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Capitol Ditches Masks Ahead of Biden&#039;s State of the Union Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fu-s-capitol-ditches-masks-ahead-of-bidens-state-of-the-union-address%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=1349054&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\">The House of Representatives dropped its mask requirement, which has been in place since last July, according to a policy update sent out Sunday, two days before President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>The update specified that individuals attending Biden\u2019s address, which takes place in the House chamber, will no longer be required to wear masks to the event. This represents a change from guidance sent out February 17 that stated attendees would be required to wear KN95 or N95 masks.<\/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<p>The\u00a0Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Friday that it was\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/prevent-getting-sick\/about-face-coverings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scaling back<\/a>\u00a0its mask-wearing recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>The congressional update, sent from Attending Physician Dr. Brian Monahan, stated, \u201cThe Washington DC region is now in the \u2018green level\u2019 or low level in this new CDC schema allowing for reduction in coronavirus prevention measures such as coronavirus testing frequency and indoor mask wearing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the update below:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_20046210\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/letter-Monahan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20046210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/letter-Monahan.jpg\" alt=\"letter Monahan\" width=\"812\" height=\"651\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Email sent February 27, 2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The House side of the Capitol building \u2014 but not the Senate side \u2014 has had a mask mandate in place since July 28.<\/p>\n<p>Monahan noted that for the State of the Union address in particular, other established mandates,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/22\/cotton-rubio-among-those-planning-to-boycott-joe-bidens-state-of-the-union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a>\u00a0that attendees show proof of a negative RT-PCR test taken within one day of the address, would remain in place.<br \/>The changes come as Biden\u2019s approval rating has sunk to record lows. A <em>Washington Post<\/em>\/ABC poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21274844-2022-02-24-trend-for-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> Sunday found the president\u2019s overall approval rating at a new low of 37 percent, and found that approval of his management of coronavirus, specifically, had steadily dropped over the past year, from 64 percent approval last April to 44 percent approval as of February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s decline in approval of his handling of the virus comes \u201ceven as the number of covid cases has dropped sharply and a general easing of mask mandates<b>\u00a0<\/b>and other restrictions is underway in many parts of the country,\u201d the <em>Post<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n<p>The national seven-day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldometers.info\/coronavirus\/country\/us\/\">average<\/a> of new coronavirus cases is relatively low, though not as low as it was last summer, according to Worldometer data.<\/p>\n<p>Democrat leaders nationwide began lifting their mask and vaccine restrictions this month amid some high-profile Democrats, such as California Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/01\/31\/video-pics-show-gavin-newsom-maskless-far-more-than-brief-second\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gavin Newsom<\/a>, New York Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10511901\/New-York-Gov-Kathy-Hochul-slammed-posting-maskless-photo-bar.html\">Kathy Hochul<\/a>, Georgia gubernatorial candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/06\/stacey-abrams-poses-maskless-dozens-masked-children-deletes-photo-fierce-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stacey Abrams<\/a>, Los Angeles Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2022\/02\/03\/i-didnt-exhale-garcetti-claims-he-held-breath-in-maskless-photo-therefore-ok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Garcetti<\/a>, and others, drawing outrage for being caught photographed or videoed not wearing masks while enforcing or supporting mask mandates for others.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House of Representatives dropped its mask requirement, which has been in place since last July, according to a policy update sent out Sunday, two days before President Joe Biden\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}