{"id":504667,"date":"2021-05-13T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=504667"},"modified":"2021-05-13T15:20:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:20:11","slug":"biden-white-house-lifts-indoor-mask-mandate-for-fully-vaccinated-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-white-house-lifts-indoor-mask-mandate-for-fully-vaccinated-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden White House Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate For Fully Vaccinated People"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fbiden-white-house-lifts-indoor-mask-mandate-for-fully-vaccinated-people%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=504667&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/WhiteHouse-scaled-e1615486870275.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The White House has lifted its mask mandate for all staff, media, and guests who are fully vaccinated, President Joe Biden\u2019s administration announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/13\/cdc-maks-guidance-vaccination-indoors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">updated its guidance<\/a>\u00a0Thursday to allow fully vaccinated people to forgo masks indoors in most situations. The White House Correspondent\u2019s Association (WHCA) soon followed with its own announcement that those who are at least two weeks past their final coronavirus vaccine dose no longer need to wear masks on White House grounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"12.275409836066\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cEffective immediately, pursuant to the new CDC guidance, mask-wearing requirements are lifted at the White House complex for those who are 14 days after their last required dose of one of the COVID-19 shots,\u201d announces <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@whca<\/a> in notice to its journalist members.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Herman (@W7VOA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/W7VOA\/status\/1392915611173392389?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.521472392638\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Confirmed: CDC is issuing new guidance today that fully vaccinated people don\u2019t need to wear masks indoors in most situations.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed by governors on the subject earlier this wk, Biden said he expected an update soon. White House just added 3:45pm covid remarks to his schedule<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meredith Lee (@meredithllee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meredithllee\/status\/1392896775007178754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White House and WHCA have required masking on the campus since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/white-house-require-staffers-wear-masks-west-wing-n1204551\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">almost exactly one year ago<\/a> in May 2020, a decision that came after then-Vice President Mike Pence tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/anthony-fauci-covid-19-coronavirus-mask-mandate-cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said Sunday<\/a>\u00a0that ending indoor mask mandates wholesale is \u201con the horizon.\u201d The CDC first updated its mask guidance in April to allow vaccinated people to forgo masks outdoors in non-crowded areas.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/fauci-bottom-6th-inning-fight-against-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Fauci Says We\u2019re In The Bottom Of The 6th Inning In The Fight Against Coronavirus)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019re going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/week-transcript-21-anthony-fauci-fatima-goss-graves\/story?id=77578250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fauci said<\/a>\u00a0to ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci, however,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/09\/cdc-biden-fauci-mask-coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has also predicted<\/a>\u00a0that mask-wearing may become a seasonal practice even long after the coronavirus pandemic has ended, pointing to the lower-than-usual<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had practically a non-existent flu season this year merely because people were doing the kinds of public health things that were directed predominantly against COVID-19,\u201d Fauci told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/full-fauci-interview-instead-of-covid-spikes-we-may-see-blips-111589957683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a>\u00a0Sunday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>\u201cSo it is conceivable that as we go on, a year or two or more from now, that during certain seasonal periods when you have respiratory-borne viruses like the flu, people might actually elect to wear masks to diminish the likelihood that you\u2019ll spread these respiratory-borne diseases,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has lifted its mask mandate for all staff, media, and guests who are fully vaccinated, President Joe Biden\u2019s administration announced Thursday.The 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