Surgeon general to Trump: ‘You look bada-- in a face mask’
The president was seen wearing a mask as he watched a recovered COVID-19 patient donate plasma
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Surgeon General Jerome Adams told President Trump Thursday: “You look bada-- in a face mask.”
The comments were made as the surgeon general and the president were participating in a roundtable with the Red Cross focusing on plasma collection to be used in plasma therapies for COVID-19 patients. “We really need donations of the plasma,” Trump said, urging recovered coronavirus patients to donate.
The president was seen wearing a mask as he watched a recovered COVID-19 patient donate plasma.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}TRUMP WEARS FACE MASK IN PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME DURING CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Trump also touted “tremendous progress” on vaccine developments and again urged Americans to wear a mask in crowded places, and “wash your hands as often as you can.”
This month the president wore a face mask in public for the first time, after long resisting calls to set an example by doing so, despite his daily coronavirus test.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“When you’re in a hospital, especially ... I think it’s expected to wear a mask,” the president said on July 11 after months of refusing to wear one in public.
Continuing with a more sober tone toward the virus, the president later tweeted a photo of himself wearing a face mask, calling the practice “patriotic.”
TRUMP TWEETS PHOTO OF HIMSELF WEARING CORONAVIRUS MASK
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance,” Trump wrote along with the photo. “There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!”
Pressed by Fox News’ Chris Wallace during a Sunday interview as to whether he regretted not wearing a mask from the beginning and whether he will consider a national mandate, Trump said he wants people to have the freedom to choose.
“I want people to have a certain freedom, and I don’t believe in that,” Trump said. The surgeon general has also said he doesn’t agree with a national mask mandate, saying it would be too hard to enforce and citing over policing concerns.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He also said he did not agree with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines that “if everybody wore a mask for 4-6 weeks, we could get this under control.”
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“I don’t agree with the statement that if everybody wear a mask everything disappears,” Trump said. “Hey, Dr. Fauci said don’t wear a mask. Our surgeon general – terrific guy – said don’t wear a mask.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}However, Fauci said in an interview with ABC News on Instagram Wednesday, “Theoretically you should protect all of the mucosal surfaces [eyes, nose, mouth], so if you have goggles or an eye shield, you should use it.”