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Anderson Cooper 360

CDC recommends Americans wear face masks voluntarily in public

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Despite the CDC recommending Americans voluntarily wear "cloth face coverings" in public, President Trump says he will not. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins AC360 to discuss whether or not wearing a face mask or cloth covering could help stop the spread of the virus. Plus, Peter Navarro, the National Defense Production Act Policy Coordinator, tells Anderson Cooper the fight against the coronavirus is "a war" and if people social distance and flatten the curve, there will be enough supplies.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening, the big news tonight.

0:02.8

And this is the CDC now recommends face coverings in public, though they do not want

0:06.8

people wearing medical or surgical masks because those should be left for first responders.

0:11.3

The president made this announcement this evening.

0:13.0

In the very moment, he made the announcement.

0:14.9

He also undercut it by informing the world that he himself would not be following the

0:19.6

CDC recommendation.

0:21.2

The president repeatedly pointed out this recommendation is voluntary, but he added, I don't think

0:25.4

I'm going to do it.

0:26.4

He also said more definitively that he, quote, won't be doing it personally.

0:30.3

The other thing the president will not be doing is telling the remaining governors who

0:33.0

have not issued statewide, state home orders to issue them.

0:36.7

The president is saying it's up to the governors and claiming that the states in question,

0:40.4

quote, are not in jeopardy.

0:42.6

That is not a comment based on science or reality.

0:45.5

Last night, Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on the scene in Global Town Hall said all states

0:49.2

should have stayed home orders in place.

0:51.4

Bill Gates had said the same thing on our town hall a week ago.

0:54.5

Alabama and Missouri are the latest to announce such orders, which is quite an about phase

0:58.4

for Alabama.

0:59.4

Because just last week, that state could state's governor, Kay Ivy, dismissed the need for

1:03.4

one saying, quote, we are not Louisiana.

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