“Harris’ office said yesterday she was in close contact w/ her comms director who tested positive for COVID,” Politico reporter Alex Thompson tweeted Thursday. “But she didn’t wear her mask part of the time while presiding over the Senate today. CDC guidance for boosted ppl is wear a mask for 10 days.”
The CDC website communicates that vaccinated individuals exposed to someone who is COVID positive should wear a mask for 10 days when around others.
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The communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, the day after he attended a ceremony at the White House where he was in close contact with Harris and former President Barack Obama while maskless.
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“Jamal Simmons, the Vice President’s Communications Director, tested positive for COVID-19 today,” Harris’ press secretary Kirsten Allen said. “Jamal was in close contact to the Vice President as defined by CDC guidance. Jamal is isolating and working from home.”
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In a statement shared with Politico, a White House official revealed that Harris consulted with a White House doctor and practiced “social distancing” with "limited” and "brief” interactions with others.
Later in the day, Harris was spotted at an event at the National Gallery of Art speaking to a crowd. This, of course, without a mask.
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Harris’s maskless appearance presiding over the confirmation vote of soon-to-be Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson comes the same day White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki used CDC guidelines to justify House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has tested positive for COVID, kissing President Biden on the cheek. Pelosi tested positive for COVID-19, according to her office, marking the first time the Democratic leader has contracted the virus after two years of touting strict Coronavirus protocols at the House.
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Her spokesman announced this Thursday just as Pelosi, 82, was scheduled to hold her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol. "After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic," Drew Hammill tweeted. "The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the robust protection the vaccine has provided."
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"Their definition of it is 15 minutes of contact within a set period of time, within six feet," Psaki responded, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition of "close contact." "It did not meet that bar."
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