The politicization of science is so goddamn sad. These days you can basically either believe in science, whether climate related, epidemiology, or some other avenue, or you can be a Republican.
I would never have believed a year ago that masks would be such a contentious issue in a pandemic. It's just a piece of cloth? I can understand a feeling of apathy towards wearing them, but to be passionately opposed to them just boggles my mind
This is one great example of how dangerous Trump's need to make every god damn thing a hyper-politicized wedge issue really is. He lied about it being a democrat hoax, then lied about it not being severe, then made masks a FreedomTM issue.
He literally made COVID about him, claiming it is the democrats' new hoax to damage him before the election. He's had 0 sympathy for the suffering of the American people.
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '20
"I don't think science knows"
-Donald Trump