COVID-19 theater on display at the White House ahead of President Biden's first press conference

What’s the purpose of this? President Biden has been vaccinated and the press sit closer together than this ever day at the briefing with Jen Psaki:

Getting ready. pic.twitter.com/C4S4xybkz4

— Meghan Hays (@MegHays46) March 25, 2021

And the CDC just said that schools can open with just 3-feet of spacing. This is overkill:

Context: White House capped President Biden's first press conference at 25 journalists due to COVID-19

But seats appear to be spaced more than 6 feet apart

In addition to people who would have been at Psaki briefing today, other seats filled by 'random' WHCA drawing https://t.co/gHjXotyTxj

— Steven Nelson (@stevennelson10) March 25, 2021

This virus theater:

https://twitter.com/JesseRodriguez/status/1375106418232147968

Anyway, tune in at 1:15 — we’ll be covering it!

President Biden will hold his first press conference, at last, today.

He’ll be pressed on the border – a crisis his admin has tried to get the press to avoid. But the crisis at the border has become one that can’t be ignored. My @FourthWatch newsletter:https://t.co/NsRWV1P5p6

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) March 25, 2021

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