I want to talk about the mask controversy in USA. Let me go back a few months. This is what US Surgeon General was telling us.
"They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can't get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!" he continued.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/29/health/face-masks-coronavirus-surgeon-general-trnd/index.html
So they wanted to stop the run on masks but should have been telling people to make their own cloth masks or something.
Then finally around early April suggests
"Use a scarf if you want,"
He said the CDC is still taking new mask-wearing recommendations into consideration. For now, the advice posted on its website: "If you are NOT sick: You do not need to wear a face mask unless you are caring for someone who is sick (and they are not able to wear a face mask)."
https://abc7.com/face-masks-coronavirus-n95-mask-how-to-make/6067977/
US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said Monday, March 2 that wearing face masks could actually increase a person's risk of contracting COVID-19, echoing remarks he made on Saturday that called for people to "stop buying masks."
In a similar stance, Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the US coronavirus task force, said on Saturday, February 29 that the "average American" does not need to "go out and buy" a mask to protect themselves from coronavirus.
https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-dont-need-masks-pence-says-as-demand-increases-2020-2
So now do you people in other countries realize what a cluster fuck this has become here. We've been given conflicting information since the damn start. The CDC and US Surgeon General royally fucked it all up.
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