President Trump has said he will not issue a national directive for Americans to wear masks to slow the spread of the coronavirus novel.
"I want people to have some freedom and I do not believe it," Trump was quoted as saying in an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.
Trump also began to express doubts about the effectiveness of the mask, saying public health officials initially said healthy people do not need a mask, and later claimed he was a "masked believer." Huh. "
"I do not agree with the statement that if everyone wears a mask, everything will disappear," Trump said, referring to the director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who said the country was in control of four viruses. Up to six weeks if everyone wears a mask.
"Dr. [Anthony] told us not to wear foci masks, our surgeon general - the terrible man - told us not to wear masks. Suddenly everyone had to wear masks," Trump continued. "As you know, masks can also cause problems. That being said, I believe in masks. I think masks are good."
In April, the CDC recommended the use of a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus, showing that patients who did not show symptoms could still be infected with COVID-19.
After opposing doing so for several weeks, Trump wore a mask in public for the first time over the weekend during a Walter Reed visit. When the Trump administration first took the lead in April, Trump said he would not immediately try to cover his face, at one point pointing out that poor optics were fueling foreign leaders.
Republicans and traditional media celebrities in recent weeks have around the use of masks to stop the spread of the virus and allow businesses to reopen the U.S. economy.
The use of masks is mandatory for many governors, local leaders and businesses as coronavirus cases have increased in many states.
In Georgia, however, the Republican government encouraged the use of Brian Kemp masks but prevented local officials from enforcing mask orders. Amid a rise in cases in the state, Kemp announced Thursday that he is suing Atlanta Mayor Kaisha Lance Bottoms (D) over the need for a city facade.
Florida, the site of next month's Republican National Convention, is also seeing huge growth in the states, and the government has so far rejected calls by Ron Desantis (R) to issue a mask order. Mask orders have been issued to control the spread of the virus in other states, such as Texas and California, and to monitor its implications.
Trump previously indicated in an interview with Fox Business that he did not see the need for a mandatory masking policy, during which he also supported the use of face masks, saying "everything is for masks".
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said earlier this month that calling such decisions a "state-to-state issue" was a national masked order.
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