-Removed-Since surgical masks are to stop germs passing from you into the patient's wound I don't quite get why it is a big gesture, unless Pence can be certain he is COVID negative or certain that the droplets in his breath went nowhere near COVID negative patients and places they might touch?!?
@moonbus saidIsn't that the rule of thumb?
@divegeester
Rules don’t apply to his boss, so maybe he figures they don’t apply to him either.
In recent photos of little Kim, he is surrounded by military-type people and they all have masks on. Not Kim.
Always at the top. Arrogant, greedy people that do NOT think the rules apply to them. And wasn't Clinton the same way - keeping an illegal mail server in the bathroom closet of her mansion? She expected to get away with and DID.
That's the arrogance of the powerful.
@earl-of-trumps saidI dunno. One of the funniest photos I have ever seen was Putin in a Hazmat suit.
Isn't that the rule of thumb?
In recent photos of little Kim, he is surrounded by military-type people and they all have masks on. Not Kim.
Always at the top. Arrogant, greedy people that do NOT think the rules apply to them. And wasn't Clinton the same way - keeping an illegal mail server in the bathroom closet of her mansion? She expected to get away with and DID.
That's the arrogance of the powerful.
Yep, Mr. tough guy now afraid of his own shadow.
Hilarious.
@petewxyz saidI’m almost certain dive was being sarcastic.
Since surgical masks are to stop germs passing from you into the patient's wound I don't quite get why it is a big gesture, unless Pence can be certain he is COVID negative or certain that the droplets in his breath went nowhere near COVID negative patients and places they might touch?!?
Pence would risk anything rather than the wrath of his brain damaged boss who has already stated that he will not wear a mask.
But yes your right a mask is at least as important for the protection of those around the wearer as it is for the wearer.
@petewxyz saidGestures matter, when you're a head of state, or a heart-beat away from being head of state.
Since surgical masks are to stop germs passing from you into the patient's wound I don't quite get why it is a big gesture, unless Pence can be certain he is COVID negative or certain that the droplets in his breath went nowhere near COVID negative patients and places they might touch?!?
Trump, for example, is often flippant and hasn't figured out that renaming stupidity "sarcasm" after the fact does not sell well.
@petewxyz saidPrecisely.
Since surgical masks are to stop germs passing from you into the patient's wound I don't quite get why it is a big gesture, unless Pence can be certain he is COVID negative or certain that the droplets in his breath went nowhere near COVID negative patients and places they might touch?!?
He was quoted as saying "Since I don't have it."
Without being tested!
Genius level, like his boss!
@wolfgang59 Mayo should have denied Pence admittance into the clinic. Of course, if they had, any federal funding would have been instantly cancelled.
@moonbus saidI agree "sarcastic" does not sell well but it sold better than the alternative.
Gestures matter, when you're a head of state, or a heart-beat away from being head of state.
Trump, for example, is often flippant and hasn't figured out that renaming stupidity "sarcasm" after the fact does not sell well.
I'm sure his handlers talked him into the "sarcastic" defense.