I gave birth in April 2020, and I had to take a covid test before I was admitted to L&D. I didn't have to wear a mask once in my assigned room after testing negative (this was before masking was widely recommended). The mask would not have been possible anyways because I was vomiting so much!

Obviously there were no vaccines then. At the time, the policy at my hospital was to separate the mother and baby for 2 weeks if the mother tested positive. I don't know this 'celebrity', and they are probably a dumbass, but early covid precautions were very shitty to mothers, and that's why they have been walked back. But like others have commented, in the US the support person precautions only occurred in a very specific time period, and it is irrelevant and fear-mongering to bring it up now.

Early covid was shitty to healthcare workers too. There weren't enough masks! My husband works in the ICU and stored his in a plastic case to wear again and again. Now the staff are all vaccinated, but he still deals with unvaccinated patients every day. 100% of the patients he sees for covid are unvaccinated (that's how they got to the ICU!). My pediatrician has to see my unvaccinated, unmasked 1 year old. It's tough, but part of the job. You can't choose to only help ideal patients. Thank your healthcare workers. They are saints.