(CNN) Dr. Anthony Fauci has been reluctant to support a federal mask mandate.
"A national mandate probably would not work," he said on Sept 15 during a news conference with Vermont Gov. Phil Scott.
Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been urging Americans to use masks for months. "I have trust in the American people that if we put a strong emphasis on the importance of wearing masks, that we will come around and do that and get that percentage up above the relatively low percentage of people that are using masks," Fauci said on July 21 on NPR's Morning Edition.
But he has said before that he doesn't think a federal law would be the way to go.
"I don't like to be authoritarian from the federal government, but at the local level, if governors and others essentially mandate the use of masks when you have an outbreak, I think that would be very important," Fauci told Alabama Sen. Doug Jones during a Facebook live event in July.
UNFAM1L1AR on October 24th, 2020 at 05:33 UTC »
I work in a courthouse and I have to enforce mask usage. Its impossible. If people don't want to wear them, they won't. The wearer has to want protection, and containment, to get a proper fit.
The most popular avoidance is just a ridiculously loose fit. Practically falling off. They have a mask. Its on. Oops it slipped. See, its on? God leave me alone. People just take them off when you turn around. It gets so old. These peole don't care if there are vulnerable folks everywhere. They pull them down. Wear them under the nose. You just can't protect people that don't actually care about protecting themselves or those around them.
I do this every day. Its just not possible to make someone who doesn't care wear a mask correctly, short of tying them up. Would be better to put effort into convincing people to care and that masks help.
givemethekeyblade on October 24th, 2020 at 03:57 UTC »
We're in a South Park episode.
It might possibly be the time to start considering the fact that we need to begin contemplating on taking this seriously.
***I feel like Stan's mom when she's freaking out that no one cares about the school shootings and she's like what is WRONG with everyone?!
cowboys5xsbs on October 24th, 2020 at 02:50 UTC »
The problem is enforcement you can mandate masks but people aren't going to listen. My town did a mask madate with no enforcement and noone cares.