Mike Pence has decided to put on a mask

Mike Pence.
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Vice President Mike Pence has decided to comply with the CDC's recommendations for stopping coronavirus spread.

Pence visited a factory in Indiana producing ventilators on Thursday and, following medical experts' recommendations, put on a mask in preparation for coming face to face with some machinery and the people making it. That shouldn't be noteworthy given that the entire country has been advised to wear masks when around other people, but Pence flouted that guidance when visiting actual COVID-19 patients earlier this week.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.