The Centers for Disease Control recommends that Americans wear masks in public.
West Wing staffers are being directed to wear masks unless they’re at their desks, White House officials confirmed to CBS News. The federal government’s health protection agency, the Centers for Disease Control, recommends that Americans wear masks in public and observe quarantines when they come into contact with a person who tests positive for COVID-19.
President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had previously largely declined to wear masks at White House events, although key staffers have become sick and other administration officials have worn masks and even observed quarantines.
When Mr. Trump visited the Honeywell facility in Arizona last week where N95 masks are being produced, he was not seen wearing a mask. He told reporters on Wednesday that he had worn a mask —a « Honeywell mask, actually » — at one point. The footage of Mr. Trump at the factory shows him without a mask. Asked how long he wore the mask, Mr. Trump replied, « Not too long. »
Last week, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller tested positive, and Pence isn’t self-quarantining even though the vice president was in close proximity with her.
