Instead Of Doing More To Combat Coronavirus, Trump Administration Spending A Lot Of Energy Finding Ways To Justify Doing Nothing
A glaring example? A recent Tweet from Trump’s #1 (these days) Coronavirus advisor asserting: “Masks work? NO”
That is, until Twitter removed it.
Which brings us back to the early days of the pandemic when we argued masks had to be at least somewhat effective for the simple fact that they’re masks. And that early arguments against masks had more to do with trying to avoid shortages in places like hospitals, and even unrest in the general population, as there clearly weren’t enough at that point to go around.
As a result, it took and still takes more work to convince people to wear masks. Especially with the President continuing to ridicule people who do. Even though when he caught COVID, it very well may have been at a large, maskless event.
And of course masks aren’t 100% effective. Nothing is. Condoms aren’t 100% effective preventing pregnancy.
At the same time, the thing we don’t get is wearing a mask isn’t hard at all. It’s as difficult as getting used to wearing a mask. If you’re asking Americans to be Patriots, which means making sacrifices for their…
