Jen Psaki Ribs Fox’s Peter Doocy: You are No Doc And Do not Even (Often) Play One On TV

White Home press secretary Jen Psaki once more took a poke at Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Monday, admonishing him: “You’re not a physician.”

She added: “You don’t even play one on TV — most days.”

The newest takedown occurred when Doocy requested why masks had been required on airplanes — till a federal decide’s ruling Monday that they no longer were — whereas they hadn’t been required within the White Home briefing room.

Psaki, her face a bit tighter than standard, very rigorously defined — like a trainer in a grade college classroom — that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has totally different suggestions for various places and conditions, relying on issues like COVID-19 caseloads and the density of crowds at sure occasions.

“Effectively, Peter, I’m not a physician, you’re not a physician — that I’m conscious of …. OK, not a physician,” she mentioned to laughter within the press room. “Nor does he play one on TV — most days.”

She added: “Bear in mind the masking steerage is inexperienced, yellow and pink. We’re presently in a inexperienced zone in Washington, D.C., in order that they’re not recommending” masking.

That is “primarily based on well being issues and information that the CDC seems at about transmissibility as we’ve seen a rise in instances on airplanes,” the press secretary defined.

Psaki defined that the White Home had known as for a two-week extension on masks mandates on planes to “take a look at the info” earlier than issuing new suggestions.

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