Originally Posted by navigatro
If Trump from day 1 had said "wear a mask, do your part, be a good American" then we would be in a lot better place.
I do not disagree.
HOWEVER
Drs. Fauci and Adams are not blameless on mask messaging to the public. BOTH told the public “there’s no need to wear a mask if you aren’t sick”. The message changed months later, ostensibly due to “new science” but Fauci said in the media the initial statement was made to prevent a run on scarce PPE by the general public.
That was an admission of something known as “a lie”.
It was a conscious decision on their parts to lie to the American public, and ABSOLUTELY contributed to some people questioning the credibility of public health officials/statements to this very day.
And yes, whenever and why-ever the message changed on masks, it would have been very helpful for Trump to embrace them as simple mitigation to keep the economy open.