The Biden administration is considering sending masks directly to American households, NBC News reported early Thursday.
A White House official told the publication that President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response team is mulling mailing out face coverings, but no decision has been made on the proposal which was once considered by the Trump administration and later scrapped.
The proposal, which has been floated in several meetings among Biden’s top health experts, has also not yet reached Biden for approval.
But the idea could potentially gain traction with the president, who has reversed the hands-off attitude of his predecessor by pushing mask-wearing as a key defense against spreading coronavirus. Biden has also urged Americans to double down on wearing masks as part of a push to curb the spread of coronavirus in the first 100 days in his term.
During his first full day in office, Biden signed an executive order that required the donning of face coverings on federal property and in interstate travel, that was later expanded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include requirements for masking on public transportation. The move breaks with former President Trump’s months-long resistance and politicization of masks.
If approved, it’s not clear when the masks would be sent out to Americans and how many would be allotted for each home. It’s also unclear if the Biden administration would mail out cloth or disposable masks — a question that would likely affect the project’s overall cost.
“There are a range of options on the table to help protect more Americans from the coronavirus and encourage people to mask up, but no decision has been made,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
And before every Republican on the planet gets bent out of shape, this had been proposed early in the pandemic , but of course it was stopped by Trump
Imagine the lives that could have been saved
Impeachment shit
The trial should be Murder
Washington Post: WH nixed plan to distribute 650 million face masks through USPS - CNNPolitics
Communist masks. Probably pre-infected. Pass it on.
And here’s what the masks will look like: /s
I’m kidding!
This would’ve been effective ten months ago. However, now, masks are available pretty much everywhere. Those establishments that are truly customer-friendly provide masks to their customers should they not have one (whether they forgot or are just obstinate). I sell a dozen or so a shift at Target and they aren’t that expensive (under five bucks).
I don’t hear anyone complaining that they can’t come across a mask anymore. Save the money and don’t put this pressure on the USPS (especially while DeJoy and the Governors are still in place - when are they getting canned, already???).
This is a good public service thing, but way too late in the equation.
Yeah, anyone not wearing a mask these days is by their (foolish) choice, not because they don’t have one.