Brit Hume calls out CDC Director Robert Redfield for his new position on mask usage

In testimony yesterday, CDC Director Robert Redfield claimed that masks are better than vaccines at preventing the spread of COVID-19:

Redfield: masks are better than vaccines. pic.twitter.com/vyOB9UqDPj

— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) September 16, 2020

Well, this is something else, as Brit Hume notes. “Does he expect people to believe that?”:

For months we’ve been told we should wear masks not so much to protect ourselves as to protect others. Now the head of the CDC is claiming that a mask will protect the wearer better than a vaccine. Does he expect people to believe that?

— Brit Hume (@brithume) September 17, 2020

Yes, it is “something to see”:

The glossing over 'masks are more effective than a vaccine' is something to see. These are the same people that said healthy people shouldn’t wear a mask just 6 months ago.

— Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) September 17, 2020

This is one possibility:

Consider the possibility that CDC is, and has been for decades, run by incompetent buffoons. https://t.co/zXbZx8jYBg

— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) September 17, 2020

It’s both?

I can't decide whether

1) they think we're idiots
2) they're idiots https://t.co/5RKDOeIvyH

— Nick Searcy,INTERNATIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) September 17, 2020

And why is he undermining the vaccine:

How to undermine your vaccine effort https://t.co/cJYmPTw928

— Liz Peek (@lizpeek) September 17, 2020

Here’s a reminder just how much he’s shifted his position:

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CDC Director Robert Redfield on masks, 6 months ago, prior to the “new science”: pic.twitter.com/idEfQ2RpYF

— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) September 16, 2020

The White House was still pushing back against his statement this morning:

Meadows says mask wearing isn't panacea for preventing covid. "Dr. Fauci or anybody else would suggest that it is a mitigating effort, but it is not something that is designed to actually make sure that we don't have the coronavirus spread," he tells a gaggle of reporters at WH.

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) September 17, 2020

But Redfield didn’t back down when challenged by the president last night:

NEW: @CDCDirector issues this statement in response to the President contradicting him twice, saying he was “confused” about a vaccine timeline and “wrong” about masks offering more protection anyway. Redfield made the statements under oath.

He does not say he misspoke. pic.twitter.com/vwWty8jKeO

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) September 16, 2020

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