Top White House staffers still not wearing masks
Hours after President Trump announced he had tested positive for the coronavirus, some of his own top aides were still appearing in public without protective masks, including most prominently White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, the conservative former North Carolina congressman.
Briefing reporters on Friday morning outside the West Wing, Meadows stood at a lectern without covering his mouth and nose, flouting the guidance of the president’s own coronavirus task force. Masks protect other people from viral particles shed by another person.
“I’ve obviously been tested; we’re hopefully more than 6 feet away,” he explained. “And if there’s any concern there, from a guidance standpoint, we have protocols in place.” [Continue reading…]