FOX News Rundown Extra: Are New Mask Rules And Vaccine Mandates Following The Science?

The Fox News Rundown

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🗓️ 31 July 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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This week, President Biden announced he will require all federal workers to get the COVID vaccine or submit to frequent testing. This comes just days after the Center for Disease Control and Prevention revised its recommendation for fully vaccinated Americans to wear masks indoors in areas with high coronavirus cases. The two decisions were intended to curb the impact of the Delta variant, but also created confusion and anger among many Americans. Earlier on the FOX News Rundown, host Jessica Rosenthal spoke to FOX News Medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel about the new mask guidelines, the imposition of vaccine mandates by some agencies and whether or not both policies were based on solid science. Dr. Siegel explained why he believes the threat of Delta variant and the current COVID surge did justify some increased precautions, he also explained why he felt the recent actions by health officials and the federal government could be going too far. Our original conversation with Dr. Marc Siegel was too long and we could not include all of it in our original segment. On FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our complete interview with the FOX News Medical contributor and get a better understanding of what he thinks can be done to address both the threat of the Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.4	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:17.8	I'm Jessica Rosenthal. This week we spoke with Professor of Medicine at
0:24.8	NYU Medical Center and Fox News contributor Dr Mark Siegel about changing
0:30.1	CDC guidance on masks for vaccinated people and the imposition of vaccine
0:34.8	mandates by some agencies as the Delta variant slows down our exit from
0:39.2	this pandemic. We spoke to Dr. Siegel before President Biden announced Thursday that federal employees must attest that they've been vaccinated or face frequent testing along with masking and distancing requirements.
0:50.5	We often have to cut interviews down for time during the week, but we thought you might like to hear this full interview.
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0:59.0	Now, here's Dr. Mark Siegel on the Fox News Run Down Extra. I'm fine. How are you? I'm good. Okay as long as you can hear me. I hear you. I know you
1:19.7	hear me. I can I can. I know you have limited time and you're seeing patients and everything so let's just jump right in okay give me your name and your title
1:30.2	Okay, now before we start Jessica I may surprise you on what I have to say about this because I interviewed Dr. Whelensky yesterday and I have a slightly different view on all, I have a slightly different view on all of this than it's been kind of
1:45.1	portrayed not by not for portrayed by me but like you'll see it's pretty scientific
1:51.8	okay so that's interesting yeah yeah scientific. Okay.
1:53.0	So, that's interesting.
1:54.0	Yeah, yeah, absolutely.
1:56.0	And just stay away from words like yesterday, today because we're airing this tomorrow.
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