WASHINGTON - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was safe for Vice President Mike Pence to take part in Wednesday’s vice presidential debate because he was not a close contact of anyone with COVID-19, including President Donald Trump.
Redfield said that based on its consultations with the doctor and Pence’s repeated negative tests, “the CDC concludes from a public health standpoint, it is safe for the Vice President to participate in the upcoming Vice-Presidential debate.” A plexiglass barrier will separate them at the University of Utah debate. They will be more than 12 feet apart on the stage, farther than the 7 feet originally agreed on.
Yes because the CDC is reliable at this moment and not at all an arm of a corrupt administration
He's not fvcking safe. He's had close contact with half a dozen covid positive people in the past week.
No.....
Nowhere does it say he was tested and returned a negative result
And today was the day the last shred of legitimacy CDCgov had vaporized. Kudos Putin. Well played.
Is that because the CDC is taking his word for it that he wasn't where the photographs put him?
It’s going to take YEARS for CDC to get its credibility back.
“Safe”?... really? We’re gonna use THAT word in THIS headline? Now? Okay.
That is CLEARLY a bald face lie. GOPCesspool TrumpSwamp VoteGOPOut DumpTrump2020 RepublicansAreTheProblem TrumpVirus
The CDC is a corporation just like the United States. We're being ruled by corporations. So called 'Governments' were taken over by similar sounding names a long time ago in order to control the masses. Wake up everyone. Do your research. How does that make you feel?
CDCDirector then why are the joint chiefs quarantined? Pence definitely exposed. This is a lie from the WH or the CDC
So he’s not going to speak?
Let's hope the ear buds and the throat clearance sprays are in order and working...?
…not sure he'll be safe from Kamala's beatdown! 🤔
Says who? Rapid test for him and mother before debate?
I am not entirely convinced we can trust the CDC any more. They are awfully Wishywashy these days. Take partisanship out of Science!
CDC is too political. What about independent swab tests on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning
What is wrong with the group running the debates? Just do it online remotely. There is no need for any of them to be in the same room at all
If Pence, like Trump, does not take the coronavirus seriously, Kamala Harris should have have protective screen all around her to debate Trump’s sheep.
He'll be close to a woman so he better watch himself.
It's not safe - where is the CDC getting this guidance? Pence was exposed to many people over the previous weekend and in the white house the past week that have the virus and he could be in an asymptomatic phase at this time.
Fortunately, so are Americans.
VP POTUS realDonaldTrump
The CDC is no longer trustworthy - they are being controlled by the WH, it would be stupid to put Harris at any unnecessary risk.
CDC notes anyone who had been exposed to COVID19 should self isolate for 10 to 14 days following exposure.
Bullshit
Righhhttt
Um no.
I would insist he is tested at the door unlike his boss last week
Harris should demand proof of a current negative test
Sadly, I don’t trust Redfield.
Pence has got to do a hair makeover, a la Trump or Johnson, to boost his chances for the 2024 nomination.
Which of the viruses tells the safety in front of the virus?
this is the equivalent of a note from *Mother*
What CDC...trump’s? If so, don’t trust it.
I wouldn't trust anything the CDCgov says - they're a compromised organization. Check with doctors and experts - not political stooges. KamalaHarris KeepKamalaSafe
by 'safe' I assume you mean no positive Covid_19 test rather than safe in all other circumstances ?
So we are going to believe the cdc who keep flip flopping back and forth about weather or or not Covid is airborne?
God Bless America
Do the scientists at the CDC agree with this
Might want to hold off on this story it's still developing since his wife's aid has been in contact with someone with COVID
The CDC has become politicized. They’re about as believable as Doctor Conman.
Who believes the CDC? 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
Don’t believe your nose when it smells the bullshit
Proof? More honor system?
How is this possible? Test results from Tuesday don’t show Wednesday test results?
Lol. No.
Yeah the CDC used to be reliable. Sad.