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No mask is a 100% guarantee of safety. There have been many medical reports of healthcare workers who have taken every precaution and still contracting COVID-19.
This is a big part of the reason why first line responders will be first in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Not wearing a mask or advocating for not wearing a mask when social distancing is not possible is reckless behaviour.
Calls grow for State Department to cancel holiday parties due to Covid-19 spike
There are growing calls for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cancel a number of planned in-person holiday events amid record-breaking daily Covid-19 case counts across the United States.
Public health experts have begged individuals to stay at home to stop the surge of the deadly disease, but as CNN and other outlets reported this week, hundreds have been invited to various parties -- one of which has 900 invitees -- at the State Department and Blair House over the coming weeks.
Officials at the State Department have expressed outrage about the events, fearing they put employees' health and well-being at risk at a time when they are being told to avoid hosting gatherings and to work from home as much as possible.
"There's simply no excuse for Secretary Pompeo to host large gatherings that put the health of his employees -- and our families -- at risk," a State Department employee who works at the headquarters in Washington .
"He's not just ignoring but directly undermining even the most basic guidelines from the CDC and State's own medical unit. And for what? One last chance to schmooze on the taxpayer dime?"
The American Foreign Service Association, the professional association and labor union for the US foreign service, on Friday urged "the Department to reverse course and model responsible behavior in accordance with its own guidelines."
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