29 Oct 2020
“I really wish that we could transplant that kind of mentality [of Melbourne, Australia] here. Because masks in the United States have almost become a political statement. A couple of hours before I came to my home here to pick up this Zoom, I was at a meeting virtually in the situation room in the White House. If I were to use the word ‘shutdown’ the country or ‘lockdown’, I would be in serious trouble. They would probably be throwing tomatoes at me or something. In fact, people were ridiculed for wearing masks [in the US]. It depended upon what side of a particular political spectrum you were at, which is so painful to me as a physician and a scientist and a public health person. I firmly believe that you can continue to open businesses, that you can continue to open up the country from an economic standpoint … but you could do it prudently … by public health measures that prevent surges of infection.”
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Type of Source: News
Type of Source: News
