Top health officials have changed their minds about face mask guidance -- but for good reason

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/health/face-masks-us-guidance/index.html

(CNN)First, health officials said we shouldn't wear face masks. Then, they said we should. Now, many are saying we must wear masks if we want to protect the economy, reopen more schools and save tens of thousands of lives.

"If we all wore face coverings for the next four, six, eight, 12 weeks across the nation, this virus transmission would stop," said Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But President Donald Trump said he won't consider a federal face mask mandate, citing outdated statements made several months ago.

"Dr. Fauci said don't wear a mask. Our surgeon general, terrific guy, said don't wear a mask. Everybody was saying don't wear a mask," Trump told Fox News' Chris Wallace in an interview that aired Sunday.

"All of a sudden, everybody's got to wear a mask. And as you know, masks cause problems too. With that being said, I'm a believer in masks. I think masks are good."

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[dawg day]

1. Now Trump is saying he is patriotic and will wear a mask.

The comments after his tweet from Trumpers are weird. Photos of them with masks with the fabric cut out, masks that are just lace, lots of 'masks kill" assertions.
And none of them address that TRUMP himself is now saying wear a mask. They must be so confused.....

[Thekaspervote]

2. Maybe the antimaskers will turn on him...thinking he's weak, or gave in to the "librals."

[TheBlackAdder]

4. I thought he said some people say it's patriotic. I don't think he expressly stated that directive.

[Disaffected]

3. "All of a sudden, everybody's got to wear a mask..."

That's how science works you f'ing dimwit. What we believe is true changes in correspondence to new and better evidence.

"And as you know, masks cause problems too."

Ya, for those too ignorant or stupid to wear one.