‘You Are Contagious’: CNN Medical Analyst Says It’s ‘Surprising’ Biden Was Maskless After Testing Positive for Covid
Kipp Jones
Jul 17th, 2024
CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner said on Wednesday it was “surprising” to see images of President Joe Biden boarding Air Force One without wearing a mask just minutes after it was announced the 81-year-old tested positive for Covid-19.
Biden was said to have been feeling mostly fine and did not have a fever but would cancel a number of campaign events and travel to Delaware to isolate from others.
On CNN’s The Situation Room, host Wolf Blitzer welcomed Reiner on to discuss the president’s case of the virus and to get his professional opinion as to how Covid might affect him at his advanced age.
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Blitzer briefly interrupted his guest to show a live video feed of Biden exiting his vehicle and boarding his plane surrounded by at least 10 other individuals. The president was not wearing a mask and was in close proximity to those around him.
“Dr. Reiner, we’re seeing live pictures of the president boarding Air Force One and right now, and what jumped out at me and I’m sure to others as well, I didn’t see him wearing a mask as he was with those other people on the tarmac there,” Blitzer said. “What does that say to you?”
Reiner replied, “Well, I think anyone who has active Covid now should wear a mask. That’s not controversial. That’s just, that’s courteous. If you have Covid, now you are contagious. So that’s surprising that he wouldn’t be wearing a mask with Covid at this time.”
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