Trump says new recommendations on face masks are coming

CNN ^ | Updated 8:13 PM ET, Thu April 2, 2020 | Kevin Liptak, CNN

[conservative98]

President Donald Trump said Thursday his administration will soon release nationwide recommendations on wearing face masks after initially telling Americans they weren't necessary to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

But a top health adviser on his team strongly cautioned that masks should not lull Americans into a false sense of security that would lead them to abandon social distancing guidelines.

Speaking at a White House task force briefing, Trump said the new guidance would stop short of requiring all Americans to wear face coverings.

"I don't think they'll be mandatory because some people don't want to do that," he said, adding that Americans who do want to wear face coverings can "decide for themselves."

[cowboyusa]

I feel an anger bulding on the right.

[Nifty]

My roommate wears a bandana - like Antifa. Its hilarious.

[dynoman]

I found a box of N95 in my shop this week and I WILL NOT be wearing them for covid.

Masks have to be professionally fit tested, if they leak they are useless.

Here’s how fit testing is done; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4qX6qEYXU

[dfwgator]

3M - Big Mistake.....Big.....Huge!

[Zhang Fei]

[F that. Masks are for cosplay , doctors or thieves.]

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And pandemics:

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/04/photos-the-1918-flu-pandemic/557663/

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[What’s happening is that unprecedented number of people are coming into ICUs. Quoting Philip Lemoine, who analzyed French data over the past decade, he’s citing to a chart showing ICU admissions for flu over the past decade:

“As you can see, it varies a lot, but even during the worst season, the total number of admissions to ICU for the flu never exceeded 3,000 in that period.”

“By contrast, there are currently 6,017 people in ICU with COVID-19 in France, so we are already way past the number of admissions to ICU caused by the flu during the worst season in the past 10 years. If you include the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in hospitals so far, namely 4,032, as well the people who have left ICU because they had gotten better, we must already be approaching and almost certainly even exceeding 10,000 admissions to ICU in less than 3 weeks.”

It’s not a hoax, it’s not a myth, it’s not a plot, it’s not innumerate Chicken Littles running around. It’s sick people going to the hospital.]

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There’s also a numerical analysis of covid-19 numbers at this link:

https://necpluribusimpar.net/intellectual-honesty-in-the-time-of-covid-19/

[funfan]

Will the face masks be readily available like toilet paper?

[proust]

as long as you don’t get them confused.

[mmichaels1970]

This incrementalism is awful. Just put it all out there for heaven’s sake.

[cba123]

Suit yourself.

But you are also increasing the risk to everyone around you.

Every day.

[cowboyusa]

How long would you go on with this, because at the end of this month people will have had enough.

[Zhang Fei]

[My roommate wears a bandana - like Antifa. Its hilarious.]

Seattle's finest in 1918:

[US_MilitaryRules]

One way of getting everyone’s DNA! lol

[Varsity Flight]

Wait till this stuff hits public government school kids in classrooms, and dorm life incubators

[Repeal The 17th]

Go hide under your bed.

[cba123]

Wear a mask, when you go out.

[Varsity Flight]

Visualize a load of school kids plastered with PPE for hours in classrooms

[chief lee runamok]

  

With free, approved cartridge refill, serving in
the event of zombie apocalypse as well.

[dynoman]

You don’t know my situation so you can’t say that as if it’s fact.

[Repeal The 17th]

You can take that Vietnamese crap out of your tagline,
and take yourself off of Free Republic for all I care.

[cba123]

I teach kids.

At least I did. We are currently not teaching. Everything is shut down at the moment.

But they were 100% prepared for that. And the kids ALL have masks.

All of them.