Why does Trudeau go maskless overseas (but not in Canada)?

The two events pictured were only two days apart. The masked one on the left is in a community with an 84 per cent rate of full vaccination among residents 12 or older. The maskless one on the right is in a country where rates of full vaccination have never topped 50 per cent. PHOTO BY REUTERS CARLOS OSORIO/OLEKSANDR MARKUSHYN TELEGRAM CHANNEL

On May 8, the prime minister was in Ukraine, a country that saw only 45 per cent of its adult population fully vaccinated on the eve of the Russian invasion. There were hugs with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, handshakes with Ukrainian officials and tightly packed indoor press events. In not one image can Trudeau be seen wearing a mask.

Compare that to two days prior, when Trudeau visited Hamilton, Ont. for a photo op with recently arrived Afghan refugees.

Of Hamiltonians over the age of 12, 84.4 per cent are “fully vaccinated.” At the time Trudeau visited, everything from hospital admissions to case rates to wastewater data showed that the city’s COVID rates were in steep decline. What’s more, Trudeau has himself received three doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. He also has natural immunity from a COVID-19 infection in January.

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