Biden's Mask Plan
- fionacsweet
- Dec 6, 2020
- 2 min read
President-elect Joe Biden has a plan to ask all Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days in office. His transition team hasn't said much about how his administration will address this plan, but this could be due to Biden's limited authority on enforcing a mask mandate. He will have to rely heavily on the cooperation of states and their leaders, which may present challenges in states governed by Republicans.
Georgia's Republican lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, told Jake Tapper that although he likes Biden's plan, he believes that mandating mask-wearing "in every single nook cranny maybe doesn't fit...reality." Nevertheless, he did say that he would certainly "encourage folks to wear their masks wherever they go, especially in crowds."
While responses like this are not looking great for Biden's mask plan, fortunately, he does have some support from Trump's administration. Today Moncef Slaoui, the head of the US government's effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, praised Biden's plan, saying this practice is key to mitigating cases while in wait for the vaccine. (He is pictured in my cover photo.) He also said that he is planning to meet with Biden's transition team this week to discuss plans for administering the vaccine.
I believe that if people on Trump's administration put their trust in Biden's plans and Biden himself, we will have a much easier time mitigating the spread. Many Trump supporters will not believe anything that Biden (or other Democrats) says or does, so hopefully if we get more of Trump's staff on board, we can really get public trust back again. I am again seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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