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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMSNBC: US Surgeon General sez wearing a mask up to the individual
Right. Sort of like stopping at a red light is up to the individual.
Any doubt this guys opinion will change based on whatever trump says on a given day?
underpants
(182,837 posts)He sucks.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)He has a lot of nerve to consider himself any kind of public health official. Trump toadie all the way.
underpants
(182,837 posts)Azar too.
They all were part of the HIV explosion that happened when they ended a needle program.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)He even scolded Melvin for showing the old footage of him saying NOT to wear masks. What a tool.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)All of them straight out of Indianas nightmare to DC
Like the four horseman on the move
and they could have avoided that one too with science instead of prayer.
Their combined history doesnt lend much confidence
Andy823
(11,495 posts)trump told him to say this. Nothing that comes out of this corrupt WH gets said unless trump say so.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...something like that.
crickets
(25,981 posts)in much, much better shape. He knew how to do the right thing without backing down.
Unfortunately, we're stuck with a clown who doesn't even have the backbone to tell people to wear a mask during a pandemic. It's pathetic.
Shermann
(7,423 posts)...with that lame Lone Ranger comparison.
Hekate
(90,717 posts)Another career and reputation in ruins
Hstch05
(219 posts)for anyone who ties his or her's fate to Trump's. And honestly, good people don't, and won't, work for him. Pence is a case in point. He was literally the best they could do for a VP pick.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)He has been carrying Benedict Donald's water from Day 1 on the job. He's not only putting the country in danger with that reckless comment, he's violating his Hippocratic Oath. Shameful.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,748 posts)And consider where he came from: He was once the Indiana State Health Commissioner, appointed by Mike Pence, who recommended him for the Surgeon General job. So we can be pretty sure of his GOP bona fides.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)clear.
procon
(15,805 posts)perfect physical exam? How could anyone trust a physician who would violate not only his medical oath but his military oath and his official oath of office as the US Surgeon General?
moondust
(19,993 posts)I prefer at least 95. It's up to me, right?
He's sanctioning reckless endangerment.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)It should simply be made mandatory nationally for a minimum of two months.
Shermann
(7,423 posts)No real change that I've seen.
The supermarkets are just bonkers today. I thought I could beat the 4th of July mobs early today, thought wrong.
What is McMaster waiting for?