Posted on 02/04/2021 4:58:17 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON - The Biden White House is considering sending masks directly to American households, according to three people familiar with the discussions, an action the Trump administration explored but scrapped.
The Covid-19 Response Team is evaluating the logistics of mailing out millions of face coverings, but no decision has been made, and the proposal hasn't yet reached President Joe Biden for final approval, a White House official said.
It's unclear when the masks would go out to the public, how many would be included per residence and whether they would be disposable or made of cloth. It's also not yet clear what the cost could be.
NBC News reported that the Trump White House scrapped a plan last year to deliver cloth masks to every U.S. household, opting instead to send them to nonprofit organizations and state agencies, according to an internal email from a senior administration official at the time.
The Department of Health and Human Services signed $640 million in contracts in May with a group of textile manufacturers to make masks under Project America Strong, according to federal purchase records. The largest contract went to Hanes, which made 450 million masks in May and July.
Since April, public health experts have encouraged elected leaders to promote mask-wearing. Trump was reluctant to do so, almost never sporting one in public. He defiantly removed a surgical mask when he returned to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was hospitalized in October after his own Covid-19 diagnosis.
By contrast, Biden has consistently worn masks, sometimes even doubling up on them on the campaign trail. He has also decided to wear them inside the Oval Office and in other White House spaces when it's not possible to socially distance.
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I will toss mine in the Walmart parking lot
Of course it’s a waste of money.
Hunter or some other Democrat has a ton of masks to unload and this is a way to make a quick buck.
They’ll pay $1 for a $.10 mask made in China (that costs $.02 to manufacture) with greedy Democrat hands out each taking a piece.
Plus they give China a couple trillion for the purchase.
Well played sir!
Superbowl rocked. My guy patrick has tested positive..
Yesterday they reported barber tested positive after 5 days of negative
This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
By contrast, Biden has consistently worn masks [improperly, and thus uselessly and for show], sometimes even doubling up on them on the campaign trail.
Seeing they are claiming mahomes story false
If they do decide to send us boxes of them, I am going burn the whole mess of them in my backyard, video it, and post it here for all to see.
I suggest we all do the same.
I am not going to redistribute them to “people who need them” because that would be giving credence to this sham.
If this stupidity happens, it will be my tax dollars being wasted, so I will do as I see fit with them.
As an aside, it won’t be a box of masks. It will be an envelope with four cheesy masks in it or some bullsh*t like that, and will have cost ten billion dollars to implement, and all that money will have gone into the pockets of Democrats, I have no doubt.
They are intent on driving us into bankruptcy and rebellion. I believe that summarizes their plan for the next four years.
I’m telling you guys, this mask thing has become a religious cult symbol of submission to the Democrat overlords.
They’ll pay $1 for a $.10 mask made in China (that costs $.02 to manufacture) with greedy Democrat hands out each taking a piece.
!SCIENCE!
Their sciencey science is so very scientific!
I’ll throw them away. My HOA would have a fit. Lol.
follow the money
From what I remember from back in the day, that government cheese was good!
Not had any in 40 years, so I can’t vouch for the current stuff.
And then charge us $1400 per family for them. Thanks uncle joe.
Which moron in the administration came up with this gem?
It couldn’t have been biden. He’s incapable of coming up with much of anything.
If having all these clowns with their hands of the levers of power wasn’t so frightening, it would be hilarious.
Dems want to drag out the Chicom flu through the midterms to continue mail in voting.
As I said-if this idiocy goes through, I recommend we burn them in a public fashion.
Who is going to deliver 320 million masks?
The USPS? ROFL!
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