Vice President Mike Pence said he should have worn a face mask when he visited the Mayo Clinic last week.
“I didn’t think it was necessary, but I should have worn a mask at the Mayo Clinic,” Pence said during a Fox News virtual town hall with President Donald Trump at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
Mayo Clinic policy requires"all patients, visitors and staff to wear a face covering or mask while at Mayo Clinic to guard against transmission of." A post on the Mayo Clinic’s Twitter account indicated that Pence had been informed of the masking policy prior to his arrival. That tweet has since been deleted.
Asked Sunday if his decision to go without a mask was sending mixed signals, Pence stressed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been clear that the purpose of wearing a mask is to keep from spreading the coronavirus.
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