White House Official Ridicules Idea of Sending Free N95 Masks to Everyone: Report
An unnamed senior official at the White House has mocked the idea of sending out free N95 masks to Americans because some people won’t wear them, according to a new report from Politico. The incident is reminiscent of when White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki mocked the idea of sending out free covid-19 tests, before backtracking just two weeks later.to send out free or heavily discounted N95 and KN95 masks in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus, which is currently ravaging the country.
And yet Politico reports the Biden administration is still trying to decide whether giving out free high-quality masks would be a good idea, since “half the country won’t wear any mask,” according to a“It may be popular in certain corners of Twitter, but for masking to work as a public health tool, people need to actually wear them,” the official said.
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