That’s up for debate now as well, especially with a lot of people with natural immunity. But we are talking about the House of Representatives and that mask mandate on the floor when the vaccine rate is probably high or people have natural immunity. So mandating masks in that setting while we see some caught partying without a mask is just hilarious and surprising you can’t see that.
You don't know that. You can't know that if people keep their status private. And the older will always be at a higher risk even with the vaccine.
@ElishaElijah, let's try this again. The reason that maximum viral loads is not all that important is because by the time that someone is at maximum viral loads they are home sick in bed and are not infecting anyone any longer.
What makes this virus so deadly is the long incubation period where on is still infectious. One can be ill for up to a week without feeling it. That is when one is most contagious. When one is ill, but does not know it, and goes about one's everyday activities. One choir member in my state infected almost her entire church choir. Singing is a high risk activity. It makes you breathe much more forcefully. So is public speaking. And don't forget, people that are unvaccinated tend to spread the virus at five times the rate as the vaccinated do. Did you forget how we know this? I can go over that. That is why at indoor events with a high percentage of people, many of whom will not release their vaccination status that a mask mandate is necessary.
Yes, members of Congress can get vaccinated much much easier than you or I can. But I am betting that there are quite a few holdouts among the Republicans.
And the only ones that I know of that partied without a mask were Republicans. Again, if they do not reveal their status one has to treat them as unvaccinated.