Two of the Biden administration's top doctors now say they are now choosing to wear masks indoors even in communities officially deemed to have 'low' levels of COVID-19.
A White House spokesperson did not respond to multiple requests to make Jha available for an interview.
"I would not necessarily wear a mask if I were in a room with a few people and I knew what their vaccination status was. But if I go into an unknown place, an indoor setting where there are a lot of people around, and I have no idea what their status is — again, given my age and my risk aversion because of my other responsibilities — I would wear a mask," said Fauci.
"I wouldn't say it's absolutely necessary and you must regulate someone to wear a mask. But I would say you make a personal decision that if you're in a setting like that, wear a mask," he added. As of the last weekly update from Walensky's agency, residents of
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