Months into this pandemic we are still largely not quite prepared the u. S. Doesnt top the list when it comes to fatalities among those who tested positive for the disease but its much higher up when it comes to the deaths per 100000. 00 residents. So can what went wrong the links to the trumpet ministrations crisis management. Critics say the white house hasnt had a proper sense of emergency especially at the beginning of the pandemic. Will disappear. And by referring to some of the china virus the u. S. President may have been trying to shift responsibility away from his government damage control instead of Disease Control and treatment ideas without any scientific evidence. Supposing we hit somebody with a tremendous whether its. Just very powerful like. And i think you said. Supposing it. Can which you can do either through the skin or. In some other way. I think you said you. Think President Trump also ignored medical advice to wear face masks for a long time instead he made fun of his democratic rival joe biden who wears mosques in public we will speak but youve got to be prepared to deal with future biden is soft and weak and too scared to be proud to be president lets face it. But many Trump Supporters admire the president s aggressive style and see him as a model of my old dominance. He is here this is why were going to fight for this is why i have another 4 more years because he is not as brainy. Critics have pointed to trumps response to the pandemic like downplaying its dangers as an example of stereotypical masculine behavior. But that may have come at a high price for the u. S. With his approach potentially contributing to more than 230000 deaths in the country. As a professor of sociology at my State University why do you believe ma squaring has become such a gender issue especially in the u. S. Its really interesting to see a bias become a political issue as well in every search we found and its not just an gender issue its all so partisan for example democrats and United States are more like you know republicans the where there is also if you the gender issue women are more likely to wear masks its not just a desperate gender but its about gender right when we asked matt how masculine and they are the ones who say that they are very masculine are the most really refused to wear masks can you tell me what its got to do with masculinity i mean not washing your hands after going to the bathroom is just disgusting and theyre responsible. It is but we also know that matter less likely to wear where has it also wash your hands in a symbol of traditional best urine it is about softness its about being. Into the higher areas its about health and hes especially and in most of the western world we do define traditional masculinity through good health in their reality so a virus cant really get you down where you need to get the higher. You want to even see it so are you the judicial masculine he really is very harmful. I guess it doesnt help either when the president compares manhood with invincibility absolutely a traditional masculinity and i hear the masculine you are at play there as well so when we think about like that your president weve had president s who were cowboys that wrote a horse is a clear book so this is actually one of these ideas of that go back to that and this is also something that really harms if you know candidates running for office so really it doesnt help that the president is a part of this as well but that if we just go back to the cowboys and the pioneers of the United States taking protective measures is a survival strategy yet mosque averse men prefer to risk what deaths from a virus that expose their vulnerability. Absolutely private research actually shows that they are less likely to go to the doctor theyre less likely to see got Preventive Medicine and even if they have. Theyre less likely to ask for help so their definition of health is not really a very healthy but so soon to be need to fight it you know it is in their best interest an interest of their families and children to communities theyre like let me see where and thats ok so were very individualistic society and i think you know where you got that is really growing again is that i wear a mask to protect my community and other people in this case traditional mask it is a little bit more individualistic exactly all these men are invincible but theyre also irresponsible i mean does this some have something to do with the fact that in many western nations the individual is more important in the community you get very different opinions in china absolutely i didnt even realize it was a big part of this and im not just wear the mask protect myself i am wearing protect you and in my community and this really goes against egos of individual this and that i could be a book. And this is a problem of our community that we sought to get everybody this is something i saw myself ok weve been talking a lot about man what about the women who refuse to wear mosque i know if you are that. Few of them are there going oh most of them Research Shows that are going to be more republican and then they also used the n signs a little is a menace trust us. Among women so you know we do see that its some of them are questioning science and they dont really believe the likelihood he will get the virus. Yes but what about you on a personal level how does it annoy you when you walk down the street or i dont know where ever you are if you go and people are wearing moscow iran sticking to the rules i dont go to many places these days im. Going to be you know going to these days but hash tag saying why do i need that might i do you i know. Ive enjoyed it because it lets me go out and be the new normal for me and my family and im like i like seeing people in my community wearing that mask and we hope to keep my resume. As my best because you know thank you very much for joining us today professor of sociology at montclair State University pleasure talking to you thank you so much you can get it. If youve got any questions on the coronavirus then feel free to write to us on how you treat channel science correspondent Derrick Williams will look into the. What impact on National Health will reopening schools have at this stage of the pandemic. Ive been sitting on this divisive question for a while to watch how things develop as kids in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere including my own returned to schools schools can act as super spreaders sites and with classrooms being closed areas where lots of kids gather for extended periods of time youd have expected to see spikes in cases within societies as a whole in the few weeks after they reopened a couple of months ago but a lot of current data indicates that didnt happen numbers of cases in both the u. S. And europe have of course risen dramatically since then but many experts believe that isnt down to reopen schools but to other factors a number of studies from Different Countries including ones that collect extensive Contact Tracing information theyre painting the picture that although kids can of course catch the virus and of course they can give it to others they dont seem to be driving Community Transmission but instead of mostly reflected especially younger children who appear to be less likely to infect others than older kids but all in all based on what were seeing so far clusters seem to develop pretty rarely in schools thats at least one of the reasons why the German Government for example has decided to leave them open even as spiraling numbers of infections across the country have now sent it back into a november lockdown thats closed many businesses how long schools will remain open here though is anyones guess as a scientist. Never tire of telling us were in a dynamic situation. Finally culture makers here in germany say the government is silencing the yachts with its new coronavirus rules musicians around the country have posted silent protest videos against germanys you partial lockdown including the hamburg for the monic and conduct not at all this week germany shut down concert halls theaters museums and cinemas till at least the end of the month while allowing Retail Stores and other businesses to stay open the culture sector was already looking at hundreds of millions of euros of losses after the last lock down. And been fizzling for any developments on the virus go to our website at www dot com slash code 19 its just practice that mosque wearing see if it takes away my masculinity. After 6 match days theyre on top again a buying wins in cologne putting it at the top of the table. After 6 match days they leave empty handed. Loses an alkie at the bottom of the table no clients no. 30 minutes on d w. 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