President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team is considering mailing millions of masks to Americans to encourage mask-wearing as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
A White House official told NBC News Biden’s coronavirus response team is evaluating the idea but no decision has been made or proposed to the president.
Biden and top health officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci remain vexed that Americans are not universally wearing masks.
“Right now, we don’t have complete, full compliance throughout the country of the fundamental public health measures that are necessary to prevent the spread,” Fauci said during a virtual press conference Wednesday.
Biden repeatedly reminds Americans that it is a “patriotic duty” to wear a mask and scolds Republicans for defying his call for all Americans to “mask up” for at least 100 days.
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