FACT CHECK: Should People Cover Their Faces With Scarves Like Trump Said? – By Barbara Sprunt (NPR) / March 31 2020
During his Tuesday evening briefing with the coronavirus task force, President Trump answered a question about shortages of masks by suggesting that it’s possible to use scarves instead.
“A lot of people have scarves, and you can use a scarf,” Trump said. “And my feeling is if people want to do it, there’s certainly no harm to it.”
Trump went on to say that he wants to see masks go to hospitals, not the general public.
“I mean, one of the things that Dr. Fauci told me today is we don’t want them competing, we don’t want everybody competing with the hospitals. We really need them,” Trump stressed. “So you can use scarves. You can use something else over your face.”
The CDC currently directs people who are infected with the coronavirus, along with those who are caring for people who are sick and can’t wear masks themselves, to wear face masks.
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