‘There’s certainly no harm’: Trump falsely claims scarves are an effective substitute for N-95 masks
At Tuesday’s coronavirus press briefing, President Donald Trump suggested that people should use a scarf instead of an N-95 mask.
“A lot of people have scarves. A scarf is good,” said Trump. “There’s certainly no harm.”
“You can use a scarf. A lot of people have scarves. A scarf is good.” Trump neatly sums up the face-covering advice.
— Anne Rumsey Gearan (@agearan) March 31, 2020
Scarves are not a safe substitute for an N-95 mask, which is specially formulated to filter 95 percent of impurities out of the air. Many scarves are loosely knit and can hold the virus in the fibers.
The CDC is considering a recommendation that all Americans wear masks in public, but there is a worry such a recommendation could worsen the shortage of masks and leave doctors and nurses with nothing.
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Trump wanted to sent brutal message by gassing protesters on way to church: White House reporter
Although at least one senior official was sickened by President Donald Trump's walk to St. John’s Episcopal Church, a White House reporter said most officials were pleased that it set a brutal example.
NBC News correspondent Shannon Pettypiece told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that White House officials liked the chaos and brutality displayed by U.S. Park Police and National Guard troops firing tear gas at peaceful protests to clear the area for Trump's walk to church.
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African Americans and Hispanics have been looted of trillions — and it needs to stop
Looting is the word of the day, on the lips of every newscaster, the president, and elected officials across the country. And, indeed, looting is a major problem in America.
In 1981, when Ronald Reagan ended the New Deal era, crushed labor unions, and massively cut the top personal and corporate tax rates, he kicked off the most massive and widespread looting of America since the 1920s.
Working people all across the nation have seen over $7 trillion of their wealth looted by the top 1 percent just in the past two decades, reducing them from the middle class to the working poor.
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Trump called out by Wall Street Journal for plan to send troops after protesters and risking ‘bloodshed’
The editors of the conservative Wall Street Journal strongly cautioned Donald Trump to refrain from putting members of the military on the streets of the United States because it would only inflame a country already being torn apart by battles between George Floyd protesters and the police.
With the president threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which would allow him to send in the troops to restore order, the Journal's editors implored Trump to step on the brakes and not make matters worse.
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Trump wanted to sent brutal message by gassing protesters on way to church: White House reporter
African Americans and Hispanics have been looted of trillions — and it needs to stop
Trump called out by Wall Street Journal for plan to send troops after protesters and risking ‘bloodshed’
‘Very proud of themselves’: Senior White House official says Trump team was ‘celebrating’ tear gassing protestors at church
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Trump wanted to sent brutal message by gassing protesters on way to church: White House reporter
1960s segregationist George Wallace would ‘smile’ at seeing Trump teargas protesters for a photo op: CNN’s Bakari Sellers
Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano rips Trump for tweeting while America burns
Senior official ‘sickened’ by Trump’s ‘victory lap’ at DC church after cops gas protesters: Report
