Mike Pence ignored the Mayo Clinic's guidelines by not wearing a mask during visit

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The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has a policy that everyone on its campus must wear a mask to protect themselves and others against the coronavirus, but Vice President Mike Pence appeared to ignore the guidelines during a visit with patients and staff Tuesday.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.