Joe Biden Proposes ‘Nationwide Mask Guidance’ Instead of ‘Mandate’

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Kyle Olson 5 Oct 2020

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden has dropped a “national mask mandate” from his platform but instead proposed a “guidance” on Saturday.

Speaking to the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), Biden went through a litany of changes he would implement, including ordering his Department of Transportation to create a “nationwide mask guidance”:

“We have to make sure you get all the PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) you need. You need it for job safety and for our safety to be able to continue to transport people,” Biden said.

“We need a nationwide mask guidance so that no one gets on a public transportation unit without a mask,” he said.

Biden did not distinguish the difference between a “mandate” and “guidance.”

Later in his remarks, ATU President John Costa lamented transportation workers enforcing such rules, which have sparked verbal and physical attacks from some riders.

“Our members, they serve as mask police,” Costa said as Biden added, “That’s right.”

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[catfish1957]

Remember when we used to make fun of John Kerry for flip flopping?  Kerry is the Rock of Gibralter compared to  this clown.

[PeteS in CA]

  Would this "nationwide mask guidance" be like the existing CDC recommendations that have been online for about nine months? And will this "nationwide mask guidance" be what the CDC recommended in January-March or what the CDC has recommended since reversing its recommendation some time in April?