Friday, June 26, 2020

Biden says he would require Americans to wear masks in public (WaPo)


I agree with Joe Biden.  Only a cognitive miser, like the incumbent "President* DJT, would refuse to require masks while holding massive rallies, like the Superspreader rally he has planned for Jacksonville for August 2020.  From The Washington Post:



Biden says he would require Americans to wear masks in public

Joe Biden listens during a meeting with families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act in Lancaster, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP)
Joe Biden listens during a meeting with families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act in Lancaster, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP)
Joe Biden said Thursday that if he were president, he would mandate that every American wear a mask in public to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
In an interview with KDKA, the CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh, the presumptive Democratic nominee said he would attempt to leverage federal power to mandate mask wearing.
“The one thing we do know is these masks make a gigantic difference,” he said. “I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask. Anyone to reopen would have to make sure that they walked into a business that had masks.”
When asked whether that meant using executive actions to try to require such actions, Biden said he would use the power of the office.
“Yes, I would,” he said. “From an executive standpoint, yes, I would.”
Asked if that meant he would be effectively mandating that all Americans wear a mask, he responded by saying, “I would do everything possible to make it required that people had to wear masks in public.”
By Matt Viser

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