CDC director seeks to clarify mask comments after Trump rebuke
Source: The Hill
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield on Wednesday evening sought to clarify his remarks earlier in the day about the importance of masks after President Trump publicly disagreed with his statements.
Testifying at a Senate hearing earlier in the day, Redfield raised eyebrows by saying a mask is "more guaranteed to protect me" than a vaccine, arguing that a vaccine is not expected to work in 100 percent of people, while a mask offers everyone at least some level of protection.
Trump, at a press conference later in the day, publicly broke with one of his top health experts saying, "It’s not more effective by any means than a vaccine and I called him about that."
On Wednesday evening, apparently seeking to clear up the issue, Redfield wrote on Twitter: "I 100% believe in the importance of vaccines and the importance in particular of a #COVID19 vaccine. A COVID-19 vaccine is the thing that will get Americans back to normal everyday life."
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/516803-cdc-director-seeks-to-clarify-mask-comments-after-trump-disputes-them
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