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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4559605" data-attributes="member: 48469"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/21/893230477/watch-live-trump-holds-press-briefing-after-hiatus" target="_blank">In Reversal, Trump Urges Mask Use, Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Will Get Worse</a>&quot;President Trump took to the White House briefing room on Tuesday to praise his administration&#039;s response to the virus that has killed more than 140,000 Americans so far. In a reversal of his recent statements and tone, he acknowledged the severity of the pandemic and urged Americans to comply with preventative measures.&quot;It will likely unfortunately get worse before it gets better,&quot; Trump said in uncharacteristically somber remarks, encouraging Americans to social distance, practice good hygiene and wear masks.The president said his administration is in the process of developing a strategy for the coming months, including developing treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.Trump — who has mostly cast mask usage as a personal choice and declined to wear one himself — urged people to wear face masks, citing a spike of cases in the Sun Belt in recent weeks.&quot;Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact,&quot; he said.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4559605, member: 48469"] [URL='https://www.npr.org/2020/07/21/893230477/watch-live-trump-holds-press-briefing-after-hiatus']In Reversal, Trump Urges Mask Use, Warns Coronavirus Pandemic Will Get Worse[/URL] "President Trump took to the White House briefing room on Tuesday to praise his administration's response to the virus that has killed more than 140,000 Americans so far. In a reversal of his recent statements and tone, he acknowledged the severity of the pandemic and urged Americans to comply with preventative measures. "It will likely unfortunately get worse before it gets better," Trump said in uncharacteristically somber remarks, encouraging Americans to social distance, practice good hygiene and wear masks. The president said his administration is in the process of developing a strategy for the coming months, including developing treatments and vaccines for COVID-19. Trump — who has mostly cast mask usage as a personal choice and declined to wear one himself — urged people to wear face masks, citing a spike of cases in the Sun Belt in recent weeks. "Whether you like the mask or not, they have an impact," he said." [/QUOTE]

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