On Sunday Mark Meadows admitted to Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union that the Trump administration was no longer trying to control the spread of the corona virus pandemic. While I noted in August, and before that in July, that the density of infection could reach a point that testing and tracing would be overwhelmed, and it is clear that we have passed that point, there are still mitigation measures, specifically mask-wearing, that could help slow the spread, keep hospitals from running out of beds and save lives.
But Meadows' comment shows that the one simple strategy that could help is not one Trump's administration wants to support. One can only imagine that it is hubris that is preventing them from doing the right thing; or perhaps they realize that at this point changing their message would not materially change behavior; Democrats have been wearing masks anyway and Trump supporters could not face the thought that they'd been duped and would continue to ignore sounds scientific advice. Even it it were to come from the administration, they would find a way of explaining the about face as a fiendish plot by the Dems who had somehow deep-faked Trump and so this was another example of media bias.
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