The Senator and the staff have been vaccinated. Takes off the mask to speak into the microphone. Media freaks out.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/544870-cruz-refuses-to-wear-mask-when-asked-by-reporter-at-press-event 

Would you mind putting a mask on for us?” a reporter asked Cruz as he stepped up to a bank of microphones.

“Uh, yeah, when I’m talking in front of the TV cameras I’m not going to wear a mask,” Cruz responded. “And all of us have been immunized, so…”

If masks must be worn forever, what is the point of the vaccine?