Joe Biden Already Planning The First Step Of The Next Lockdown

On Friday Dr. Anthony Fauci praised President-elect Joe Biden for his proposal to require all Americans to wear face masks during the first 100 days of his incoming administration saying it was a “good idea” to halt the surge of U.S. coronavirus outbreaks.

Biden announced the proposal during an interview with CNN adding that he would ask Americans to cover their faces while in public for “just 100 days… not forever.” The president-elect predicts that a countrywide adoption of the personal mitigation measure would cause a “significant reduction” in coronavirus cases.

Fauci was asked whether Biden’s proposal would impose an “artificial time limit” on mask-wearing but he dismissed those concerns saying he spoke to the president-elect about that and he “didn’t mean it that way.”

“He just wants to get — and it’s a good idea — uniform,” Fauci explained. “He’s saying, ‘Hey, folks, trust me. Everybody for 100 days.’ Now, it might be that after that, we still are going to need it. But he just wants it, everybody for a commitment for 100 days.”

“And I discussed that with him, and I told him I thought that was a good idea,” he added.

The doctor also confirmed that he accepted the offer to become Biden’s chief medical adviser and to stay on as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Fauci has held this position since 1984 across six administrations.

Although Biden previously endorsed a nationwide mask mandate he also acknowledged that he was unclear whether a president “could mandate everyone” to cover their faces while in public. This latest proposal seems to represent a national call to action, so to speak.

President Trump and Fauci have clashed over the issue of masks. While in the initial stages of the U.S. outbreak the Trump administration did not endorse mask-wearing but neither did the immunologist. It was not until early April that the CDC recommended the use of cloth masks when going out in public.