CDC Now Recommends That Americans Wear Cloth Face Masks In Public
“It is critical to emphasize that maintaining 6-feet social distancing remains important to slowing the spread of the virus,” the CDC stated. “CDC is additionally advising the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.
Despite the fact that the federal government is now recommending Americans wear face coverings in public, Trump also stated that the CDC’s guidelines are voluntary and that he probably wouldn’t partake. “I don’t think I’m going to be doing it,” Trump said on Friday . “Wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens — I just don’t see it.”
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