https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-...ng-maskless-in-minnesota-20200429-p54o3b.html Mike Pence under fire for going maskless in Minnesota hospital Rochester: Vice President Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask on Tuesday during a tour of a world-renowned medical centre, in apparent violation of a policy requiring them. Vice President Mike Pence, centre, visits a patient who survived the coronavirus and was going to give blood during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.Credit:AP Video feeds show that Pence did not wear a mask when he met with employees at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, even though everyone else in the room appeared to be wearing one. Pence met with a Mayo employee who had recovered from COVID-19 and is now donating plasma. Pence was also maskless when he visited a lab where Mayo conducts coronavirus tests. And Pence was the only participant not to wear a mask during a roundtable discussion on Mayo's coronavirus testing and research programs. All the other participants did, including Food and Drug Administration chief Stephen Hahn, top Mayo officials, Governor Tim Walz and US Representative Jim Hagedorn. Mayo tweeted that it had informed the vice president of its mask policy prior to his arrival. The tweet was later removed. Mayo officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why it was removed, or at whose request. The vice president's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why Pence chose not to wear a mask. The visit comes as the US infection toll hit 1 million with projections of deaths from the diseases revised higher. AP
Just cough on him...he'll get the message very fast and wear a mask the next time along with standing further away. I don't get it, didn't anyone with a medical mask tell him its not a good picture moment with him not having on a medical mask ? Reminds me of all those televised White House briefings with all those people standing behind President Trump in March and until about April 18th...they were all standing shoulder to shoulder and without any medical masks while the President was preaching social distancing. It's comical and Pence was just as guilty as he is now because he was standing shoulder to shoulder too on many occasions. Then again, maybe he wasn't afraid because he may have injected himself with Lysol or Windex or put a UV light up his butt to kill off any Coronavirus germs. wrbtrader