Despite being in direct touch with first wife Jill Biden during her comeback case, a physician and Fox News contributor ripped US President Joe Biden for continuing to wear a mask almost two and a half years into the epidemic.
Dr. Nicole Saphier questioned the president’s decision to wear a mask while strolling alone outdoors on Monday after learning that he had had four doses of the COVID-19 vaccination and had recovered from the virus a month earlier.
Friday, when Biden arrived to film a television piece on vehicles with Jay Leno at a Secret Service training site in Beltsville, Maryland, he was observed making his way to his motorcade while accessorizing his navy blue suit with aviator sunglasses and a black N-95 mask.
After a rare rebound instance, Biden recovered from his own COVID infection in the first few days of August.
Earlier this month, less than 10 days after Jill Biden and Biden were reunited after her seclusion, the first lady contracted the coronavirus at the conclusion of a family trip to Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
President Biden is masking in compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations, which indicate that people who come in intimate touch with someone who tests positive should mask for 10 days. President Biden had close contact with his wife.
Friday, August 26 during the taping of a television piece about vehicles with Jay Leno in Beltsville, Maryland, President Joe Biden enters his motorcade while donning a black N-95 mask.
Although Biden had had four vaccinations, was outdoors and away from people, and had just recovered from his own case of cancer, a doctor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center questioned why he was using a mask.
“Four newly found Covid mRNA dosages strolling away from people in the open air.” Dr. Saphier made a remark on Monday in a tweet.
The medical professional from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center begged the patient to take off the mask for the sake of research and humanity.
Physician and Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier (pictured) questioned why Biden is still masking, despite the CDC guidelines for close contacts to mask up for 10 days
Biden, 79, received both of his Pfizer vaccinations before taking his oath of office and received two separate boosters while president as they rolled out.
In recent weeks, the CDC changed its guidance so unvaccinated and vaccinated people have the same recommendations for action if they contract coronavirus.
The guidelines state that individuals can end isolation five days after their initial positive test and do not need to mask
It also notes that rather than isolating, those with close contacts should mask.
‘[I]nstead of quarantining if you were exposed to COVID-19, you wear a high-quality mask for 10 days and get tested on day 5,’ reads the CDC guidelines, which were updated on August 11.
Biden first tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, July 21.
White House Physician Kevin O’Conner released daily letters on the president’s condition, noting that throughout his infection he experiences symptoms like a runny nose, cough, sore throat and body aches.
After isolating for the minimum five days recommended by CDC guidance, Biden tested negative on July 26 and again the following day.
He gave a speech in the Rose Garden on July 27 with a hopeful message for boosted Americans: They can now ‘live without fear’ of the virus.
The president, however, came down with a rare rebound case on July 30, forcing him back into isolation until August 7, when he returned to Delaware to be reunited with his wife.
On Monday, August 29, Biden returned to Joint Base Andrews following a weekend trip to Delaware without a mask. Following close contact with First Lady Jill Biden because to a rebound case of COVID-19, he was last week sporting a mask.
She tested positive for COVID-19 in South Carolina following a day of shopping and biking with her family on August 16, according to the first lady’s office. She was placed in isolation for five days, and after testing negative, she was given a rebound case on August 24.
The antiviral medication Paxlovid was used by both Bidens, who both had rebound infections after testing negative for the very infectious but mild type of the virus.