Pence tours Mayo Clinic, flouts rule on wearing mask – Update

I read that the Mayo Clinic has said it told Pence that masks were required for all visitors, staff and patients at its Rochester, Minnesota, facility, because of the coronavirus outbreak. Pence's wife, Karen, on Thursday said he only learned of that policy after he left the clinic Tuesday. She didn't explain why her husband didn't become suspicious that something was amiss when he was in a group of people all wearing face mask and he was not!

My mind conjured up the following situation: A person (man or woman) just stepped out of the shower when the phone rings and a friend invites that person to come join an “as you are” party going on next door. Said person is the only naked person there, but doesn't learn this fact until after the party.

Surely, the Mayo Clinic had a spare mask to give to Pence and probably offered it, but he refused. At the next visit, to a GM plant, Pence got the idea.