with that. but that didn t happen. we also needed to do the other things that we know work, including getting effective masks to people. we have known since the beginning of this pandemic this is a respiratory virus and the more effective mask you use, the better protected you are. we have had for almost a year now these very accurate, easy to use rapid home tests that should have been in all of our homes, you know, this summer. so these are, i think, unfortunate mistakes. i am glad now that the administration is really on this in a big way and getting better masks to everyone will be important, and if you notice, the president wears an n95 or a kn95 mask in public. he models that behavior. i d like them to acknowledge that the president actually wears a more effective mask and i think everyone should do that. they are not hard to wear. i wear them literally eight hours a day in the hospital. soon after the supreme court shot down the president s
tests that should have been in all of our homes, you know, this summer. so these are, i think, unfortunate mistakes. i am glad now that the administration is really on this in a big way and getting better masks to everyone will be important, and if you notice, the president wears an n95 or a kn95 mask in public. he models that behavior. i d like them to acknowledge that the president actually wears a more effective mask and i think everyone should do that. they are not hard to wear. i wear them literally eight hours day in the hospital. soon after the supreme court shot coudown the president s vaccine mandate for private businesses, starbucks is saying they will no longer make them mandatory for employees. general electric is abandoning it as a requirement as well. will this be a setback in the push to get people vaccinated if more employers back down on these mandates? yeah, i certainly think so.