{"id":561465,"date":"2021-06-11T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=561465"},"modified":"2021-06-11T19:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T23:37:05","slug":"watch-vaccinated-g7-leaders-share-awkward-unmasked-elbow-bumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-vaccinated-g7-leaders-share-awkward-unmasked-elbow-bumps\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Vaccinated G7 Leaders Share Awkward Unmasked Elbow Bumps"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fwatch-vaccinated-g7-leaders-share-awkward-unmasked-elbow-bumps%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=561465&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\/06\/GettyImages-1233390923.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Group of 7 world leaders gathered Friday in Carbis Bay, England, for their first in-person summit in nearly two years after last year\u2019s meeting was canceled due to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting of the the heads of the world\u2019s major economies \u2014 Britain, France, Germany, the U.S., Italy, Japan, and Canada \u2014 also marks President Biden\u2019s first foreign trip since taking office.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the world leaders greeting each other\u00a0on the Cornish coast shows them sharing awkward elbow bumps despite not wearing face masks.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, however, they have all been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>All seven heads of state have been inoculated against the coronavirus, President Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, however, Macron\u2019s official Twitter account tweeted out a video of the French president and Biden speaking privately off to the side at the G7 summit, standing very close together and neither wearing a mask. Macron at one point is seen grasping Biden\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Leaders discussed a range of regional and bilateral issues, including COVID-19 and counterterrorism efforts in the Sahel, and affirmed the importance of the U.S.-France partnership and the Transatlantic alliance,\u201d a White House spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/biden-g7-summit-updates-intl-06-11-2021\/index.html\">told<\/a> CNN of the private discussion between the two presidents.<\/p>\n<p>One might also note that the copious elbow bumping brought the unmasked faces of the world leaders closer together than a simple handshake would have.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has previously received criticism for appearing overly cautious with regard to face masks and social distancing, a\u00a0question that has dogged his administration as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) begins to relax restrictions, especially for vaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Biden was asked by a reporter about his preference to wear a face mask even around other vaccinated people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause when we\u2019re inside it\u2019s still good policy to wear the mask,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/senior-white-house-covid-advisor-says-biden-wears-mask-inside-because-hes-a-very-important-person\">responded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0865384615385\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The leaders of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@G7<\/a> have arrived for this year\u2019s Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G7UK?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G7UK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G7Cornwall?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G7Cornwall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BuildBackBetter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BfzhCQmDkk\">pic.twitter.com\/BfzhCQmDkk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\/status\/1403377449807794182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.7662337662338\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At official welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JustinTrudeau<\/a> is the only leader to use a mask. He puts it on briefly to elbow-bump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BorisJohnson<\/a>, then removes it before crossing in front of them and chatting and posing on the other side. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G7?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G7Summit?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G7Summit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/G7UK?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#G7UK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ArrNwNdjUs\">pic.twitter.com\/ArrNwNdjUs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Abigail Bimman (@AbigailBimman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbigailBimman\/status\/1403350960437485574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.4516129032258\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Together we will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BuildBackBetter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BuildBackBetter<\/a> \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HSn2EFVqeh\">pic.twitter.com\/HSn2EFVqeh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson\/status\/1403038420063117322?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.8\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now that we are together, united, determined to make a difference, it&#8217;s time to deliver. I&#8217;m sure we will, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VmkvCV1yG5\">pic.twitter.com\/VmkvCV1yG5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/1403375117158293509?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper also quizzed Jeff Zients, the White House\u2019s coronavirus response coordinator, on the same issue in May, asking whether Biden\u2019s mask-wearing is \u201coverly cautious\u201d and sending the wrong message.<\/p>\n<p>Zients responded that Biden is going to \u201ccontinue to follow the CDC guidance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CDC\u2019s current guidance says that a vaccinated person need not wear a face mask in small groups of people who are also vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s\u00a0John Berman last month pressed\u00a0White House Senior Advisor for Coronavirus Response Andy Slavitt on why Biden\u00a0wore a face mask during an\u00a0Oval Office\u00a0meeting with\u00a0congressional leaders, all of whom are vaccinated against the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of getting people vaccinated is to tell them that their lives will be different, changed, better, if they get the vaccine,\u201d Berman remarked.\u00a0\u201cSo why were they all wearing masks? And what message does that send?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Slavitt responded that Biden wears a mask indoors \u201cbecause he\u2019s a very important person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Group of 7 world leaders gathered Friday in Carbis Bay, England, for their first in-person summit in nearly two years after last year\u2019s meeting was canceled due to the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280083,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233390923.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Vaccinated G7 Leaders Share Awkward Unmasked Elbow Bumps","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-561465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233390923.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Vaccinated G7 Leaders Share Awkward Unmasked Elbow Bumps","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561465","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=561465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}