i ve been a proponent of vaccinations and wearing masks when we need to when we had the delta variant raging in south carolina. i wrote an op ed to my community. i work with our state department of hell. i run ads encouraging my district to go and get vaccinated. when we have the variants and spikes, take every precaution from watshing our hands and wearing the n-95 or kn-95 masks. i just returned from the new pacific region. i had to have a vaccination to enter into all of the countries. i ve had four covid tests in the last seven days. the biden administration is taking steps to keep the american people safe as we work through the challenges ahead. a lot of tests in a few days. yes, it is a lot. you were part of a group of five u.s. lawmakers who visited taiwan in a surprise trip as
which the governor does support. and masks, which he does not. and so do masks. the antibodies cost thousands of dollars. does this make any sense to you at all? think of it this way. our most effective masks for the public would be kn95 masks. they re about a dollar apiece. for the cost of one dose of monoclonal antibodies, you can buy 1,500 kn-95 masks. think about that. you can provide masks for entire schools, the masks last for an extended period of time, the most cost-effective strategy is not to treat them with these expensive drugs and hope the drugs do their job but to prevent infection in the first place by masking everybody up, by promoting vaccines, by masking people up, by limit k the size of crowds in some
vaccines. the antibodies cost thousands of dollars. would that make any sense? the most effective mask for the public would be kn95 masks, about $1 apiece. for the cost of one dose for monoclonal antibodies, you can buy 1,500 kn-95 masks. think about that. you can provide masks for entire schools, the masks last for an extended period of time, the most cost effective strategy is not to treat them with these expensive drugs but to prevent infection in the first place by masking every up, by promoting vaccines, by masking people up, by limiting the size of crowds in some places. these are the kinds of strategies that we know work. you can stand on politics or just follow the science.