After months of downplaying the coronavirus threat, the White House has changed course, urging Americans to wear masks and avoid large gatherings. But it is not clear whether the public will listen.
After months of downplaying the coronavirus threat, the White House has changed course, urging Americans to wear masks and avoid large gatheringsBut it is not clear whether the public will listen, after months of recovery talk and political battles over everything from masks to infectious disease modeling., and that if the government wants to change the course of the U.S. outbreak, officials need to deliver clear, consistent messages.
An administration official rejected the idea that the messages coming from the White House have been confusing or inconsistent. "Since March, the administration has consistently recommended the use of face coverings consistent with CDC guidelines, and that messaging has been included in every set of guidance from the administration," the official said. “The messaging understands the urgency of certain states.
At the same time, more than 80 percent of Americans trust medical scientists, and more than two-thirds trust Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, according to a recent“The CDC and the other public health experts within the government need to be on the front lines talking to the country every day,” Lipsitch said. “People without scientific qualifications … do not need to be stealing the show in terms of public communication.
As cases soared in the Southeast in June, Trump repeatedly said that the new infections were simply a reflection of more testing. And as hospital capacity reached alarming levels in Texas and Arizona last week, Penceattended a huge indoor rally at a Dallas church
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