From Stilton Jarlsberg: We’re absolutely in favor of responsible mask-wearing during the pandemic. Still, we had to laugh when Joe Biden, following his stern statement that if he were president he’d make mask-wearing mandatory, managed to cover his entire face just before wandering offstage.
Forget the White House – someone get this guy a white cane!
The all but ordained Democrat presidential ticket in a joint appearance told America that they would mandate mask wearing. Unmuffled, it sounds like a winning strategy (to help Trump) but then that’s just us.
This writer supports mask wearing in proximity to known vulnerable people but for countervailing health and social reasons regarding their use that is about all. Pretty much other than that, for most, get back to work, cover your coughs and sneezes assiduously, dispose of the tissue, wash your hands and the world will be in a better place as far as colds and flu are concerned. So I oppose general mask wearing out of concern for your health and that of children and puppy dogs everywhere
Here’s the thing though, if Biden means it, wow, if he misspoke and meant inside, well wow again. The latter would also be draconian BUT ALSO evidence, by such a key slip of the tongue, of his mental acuity.
Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel called presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s demand for a national masking mandate — even outdoors — the “politics of fear, big government edition” during a Thursday night appearance on Fox News’ “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
Biden said Thursday every American “should be wearing a mask when they are outside for the next three months at a minimum,” adding that such a mandate would “save lives.”
“It’s not about your rights, it’s about your responsibilities as an American,” Biden said.
“You don’t have any rights anymore,” Fox News host Tucker Carlson opined before introducing Siegel. “You have to wear a mask when you’re alone in the woods, walking with no one near you in the park while running, riding your bike. Is there any science behind this whatsoever? And if so, what is it?”
“It’s the politics of fear and the power of science, the politics of fear, big government edition,” Siegel told Carlson. “Now, what is the science behind this? Well, there’s some recent studies that show that masking, if you use them properly in proper conditions when you’re close together or when you’re indoors when the ventilation is poor, that they likely decrease the amount of viral spread.” . . .
