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The White House is still requiring guests who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear face masks and maintain social distancing, despite the fact that the federal government has already ended the national emergency declaration for the pandemic.
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Earlier this week, the White House Office of Legislative Affairs sent an email invitation to members of Congress, obtained by Fox News Digital, asking them to attend the event. The email included additional logistical details and COVID protocols.
While lawmakers are not required to undergo a COVID test prior to this event, according to the White House, they are required to wear a mask and maintain social distancing if they are not vaccinated.
A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus on a Philadelphia storefront is seen on February 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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“Mask Guidance: Fully vaccinated guests are not required to wear a mask on White House grounds,” the email reads (bold font in the original email). “Guests who are not fully vaccinated must wear a mask at all times and keep at least 6 feet away from others on White House property.”
The email from the White House comes as hospitals and other healthcare facilities increasingly push aside their masking rules and COVID becomes a smaller presence in everyday life for most Americans.
Meanwhile, experts have questioned the efficacy of face masks. A recent study published by the prestigious Cochrane Library, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health, delved into the findings of 78 randomized controlled trials to determine whether “physical interventions” — including face masks and hand washing — reduced the spread of respiratory problems. . viruses.
The conclusion about masks undermines the scientific basis for masking, said the study’s lead author.
“There’s just no evidence that they make any difference. Full stop,” Tom Jefferson, the study’s lead author, said. said in an interview. When asked specifically about appropriate N95 masks in health care facilities, Jefferson said, “It makes no difference — none of it.”
Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The White House email calling for social distancing of unvaccinated people also comes as more researchers are skeptical of the idea that the COVID vaccine mandates limited transmission of the virus.
A recent study from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center concluded that COVID vaccine mandates in nine major cities seemed to make no difference in terms of reducing deaths from the pandemic.
The study came after a director of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer admitted at a hearing before the European Parliament last year that the COVID vaccine had never been tested at the time of its introduction to stop transmission of the virus. according to a video of the exchange posted by parliamentarian Rob Roos.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group said in February it recommends no more than one annual coronavirus vaccine booster.
Biden previously attacked those not vaccinated against COVID for not doing the “right thing” and “cost us all.” He accused them of doing “a lot of damage” by “making people sick and making people die” and getting in the way of “getting back to normal”.
President Biden removes his protective mask during an event at the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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When Biden announced his vaccine mandates last year, he warned those hesitant to get the shot: “We’ve been patient, but our patience is running out.”
Despite the White House mask mandate for the unvaccinated, the federal government officially ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services may declare a public health emergency under the Public Health Service Act. The COVID-19 PGO has been in effect since January 2020.
Days before the PHE termination, the World Health Organization announced that COVID no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the pandemic.
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A few weeks earlier, in April, President Biden signed a bill ending the national emergency declaration that allowed the government to respond to COVID with certain authorities that it otherwise would not have. Those decisions came several months after Biden publicly stated in an interview last September that “the pandemic is over.”
The White House has not responded to a request for comment on this story.
Aaron Kliegman is a political reporter for Fox News Digital.
