Former FDA Chief Says Social Distancing Mandate ‘Wasn't Based on Clear Science'

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the six-foot social distancing mandate that was employed across much of the United States and the world to deal with the CCP virus pandemic "Wasn't based on clear science."

"This six-foot distancing requirement has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic that we've employed in response to COVID and it really wasn't based on clear science. We should have re-adjudicated this much earlier," he said in an interview with CNBC. Amid the relaxation of CCP virus guidelines-including one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention saying it's safe for schoolchildren to have three-foot distancing-Gottlieb suggested that masks may also be safely removed.

Gottlieb also was asked about a public dispute between Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Sen. Rand Paul, who also is a physician, about whether masks should be worn after a recipient is vaccinated for the CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19.

"You're telling everyone to wear a mask," Paul told Fauci, who has faced increasing pushback over his statements in the press.

"If we're not spreading the infection, isn't it just theater? You have the vaccine and you're wearing two masks, isn't that theater?".

Fauci responded by saying that "Masks are not theater" and that he "Totally disagree[s]" with Paul's statement.

"These include universal and correct use of masks, physical distancing, hand washing, and respiratory etiquette, cleaning to maintain healthy facilities and diagnostic testing with rapid and efficient contact tracing in combination with isolation in quarantine and in collaboration with local health departments," Walensky told CNN..

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