This is the same guy who’s been caught not wearing a mask inside, who sometimes wears one sometimes doesn’t outside, doesn’t castigate Jen Psaki or others who are speaking inside while not wearing a mask in contradiction to his executive order
Biden acknowledges frustration with Covid rules, but says lifting mask mandates is ‘premature.’
President Biden responded to American frustration with pandemic restrictions, saying that it was still too soon to lift indoor mask mandates, while suggesting that other restrictions may soon be able to end.
In the roughly 22-minute interview, some of which was previewed before Sunday, Mr. Biden said that decisions by some state governors last week to begin lifting indoor mask mandates were “probably premature,” but acknowledged that it was a “tough call.”
Most mandates will not expire immediately, though some, like Nevada’s, did. New York’s requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of vaccination or require mask wearing expired on Thursday.
A CBS poll taken last week found that a majority of Americans still support mask mandates, including in schools, but that many are exhausted and frustrated by the pandemic. Public health experts agree that mask requirements in schools should not last forever, but some experts say that lifting school mask mandates too early could jeopardize the progress made over the last few weeks as cases declined.
Is anyone in the news asking a rather relevant question, namely, if masks work so well, why was there this huge spike of Delta, and one of Omicron? They’re saying that masks are ending the Omicron, but, Omicron still happened despite masks.
Lester Holt, who hosted the NBC interview with Mr. Biden, said that many of the people in the audience of this year’s Super Bowl would not be wearing masks, in violation of local law in Inglewood, Calif.
“I love how people talk about personal freedom,” Mr. Biden said in response. “If your exercising personal freedom puts someone else in jeopardy, their health in jeopardy. I don’t consider that being very dealing with freedom.”
Said interview was inside, and, while Holt and Brandon were nicely distanced, neither is wearing a mask. But, Brandon wants you to wear a mask inside. And, no, he doesn’t like people having personal freedom.
LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Sean Penn and Matt Damon at #SuperBowl LVI in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/1GHWppulRQ
— The Recount (@therecount) February 13, 2022
There are lots and lots of photos and video of celebs and politicians not wearing masks, which is fine for them, because they aren’t school kids who have to wear them all day in LA public schools, right?
Cincinnati Mayor ?@AftabPureval? in the house ?@SoFiStadium?. He’s sporting a custom ?@ImBlaCkOWned? jacket. He’s Cincinnati’s 70th mayor. #superbowl2022 #bengals ?@Enquirer? pic.twitter.com/3wRz75oDre
— Sharon Coolidge (@SharonCoolidge) February 13, 2022
While there’s no school or city wide mask mandate in his city, there is one for being in government buildings.
