德尔·威尔明顿。——美国总统乔·拜登的一名白宫高级顾问周日表示，出于习惯，他仍然在户外戴着口罩，尽管最新的公众健康指导说他不需要。
当被问及拜登的做法时，高级顾问安妮塔·邓恩告诉美国有线电视新闻网的“国情咨文”节目，她意识到自己仍然在户外戴着口罩，尽管疾病控制和预防中心表示，像她和拜登这样完全接种过疫苗的人，无论是独自一人还是不在陌生人中间，都可以停止在户外戴口罩。
邓恩说:“我自己发现，本周我仍然在户外戴着口罩，因为这已经成为一种习惯。”。“我认为总统非常重视疾控中心的指导方针。他也一直把自己的角色视为发出一个信号，让自己非常认真地追随科学。”
上周，拜登在户外几次戴上口罩，靠近麦克风发表演讲，包括上周二在白宫草坪上露面，讨论疾控中心放松口罩的指导。
当被问及他独自站在外面戴着面具传递的信息时，拜登回答说:“看着我脱下面具，直到我进去才戴上。”
疾病预防控制中心最近表示，美国人接种了全面的新冠肺炎疫苗后，不再需要遮住脸，除非他们在一大群陌生人中。
一些公共卫生专家质疑拜登继续在户外戴口罩。
邓恩说，自从拜登担任总统以来，他采取了一些额外的预防措施。她敦促人们遵循疾控中心的指导方针，并充分接种疫苗，因为这将意味着随着夏季的临近，他们可以在户外不带口罩。
Adviser suggests Biden still wears mask outside out of habit
WILMINGTON, Del. -- One of President Joe Biden's top White House advisers suggested Sunday that he's still wearing a mask outdoors out of habit although the latest publichealthguidance says he doesn't need it.
Questioned about Biden's practice, senior adviser Anita Dunn told CNN's “State of the Union” that she realized that she was also still wearing her mask outdoors even after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated people like her and Biden can stop wearing masks outside when they're alone or not among strangers.
“I myself found that I was still wearing my mask outdoors this week, because it has become such a matter of habit," Dunn said. “I think the president takes the CDC guidelines very seriously. And he’s always taken his role as sending a signal to follow the science very seriously, as well.”
Biden wore a mask outdoors several times last week as he approached microphones to give speeches, including an appearance on the White House lawn last Tuesday to discuss the CDC's relaxed mask guidance.
Asked afterward about the message he was sending by wearing a mask outside as he stood alone, Biden replied: “By watching me take it off and not put it back on until I get inside.”
The CDC recently said Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they’re in a large crowd of strangers.
Some public health experts have questioned Biden's continued mask-wearing outdoors.
Dunn said some extra precautions are taken with Biden since he is president. She urged people to follow CDC guidelines and to get fully vaccinated because that will mean they can go mask-free outside as summer approaches.
