MSNBC: US Surgeon General sez wearing a mask up to the individual

[stopbush]

Right. Sort of like stopping at a red light is up to the individual.

Any doubt this guy’s opinion will change based on whatever trump says on a given day?

[underpants]

1. Is blaze orange or a motorcycle helmet?

He sucks.

[Tipperary]

2. I saw that guy in an interview with Craig Melvin this morning.

He has a lot of nerve to consider himself any kind of public health official. Trump toadie all the way.

[underpants]

5. Came from Indiana with Pence

Azar too.

They all were part of the HIV explosion that happened when they ended a needle program.

[Tipperary]

12. That interview was sickening.

He even scolded Melvin for showing the old footage of him saying NOT to wear masks. What a tool.

[lunasun]

16. +1 yes indeed

All of them straight out of Indiana’s nightmare to DC
Like the four horseman on the move
and they could have avoided that one too with science instead of prayer.
Their combined history doesn’t lend much confidence

[Andy823]

3. One thing I know for sure

trump told him to say this. Nothing that comes out of this corrupt WH gets said unless trump say so.

[3catwoman3]

4. No way C. Everett Koop would have said...

...something like that.

[crickets]

11. True. If the likes of C. Everett Koop were still Surgeon General, the country would be

in much, much better shape. He knew how to do the right thing without backing down.

Unfortunately, we're stuck with a clown who doesn't even have the backbone to tell people to wear a mask during a pandemic. It's pathetic.

[Shermann]

17. Trump is slow-rolling Republicans to the idea of mask-wearing

...with that lame Lone Ranger comparison.

[Hekate]

6. Once again: ETTD

Another career and reputation in ruins

[Hstch05]

10. I have zero pity

for anyone who ties his or her's fate to Trump's. And honestly, good people don't, and won't, work for him. Pence is a case in point. He was literally the best they could do for a VP pick.

[GoCubsGo]

7. That guy is a putz.

He has been carrying Benedict Donald's water from Day 1 on the job. He's not only putting the country in danger with that reckless comment, he's violating his Hippocratic Oath. Shameful.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Another official who's in Trump's pocket.

And consider where he came from: He was once the Indiana State Health Commissioner, appointed by Mike Pence, who recommended him for the Surgeon General job. So we can be pretty sure of his GOP bona fides.

[LizBeth]

9. There are states that say otherwise and ultimate in irresponsible any Govt voice does not make that

clear.

[procon]

13. Is this the same guy that signed off Trump's

perfect physical exam? How could anyone trust a physician who would violate not only his medical oath but his military oath and his official oath of office as the US Surgeon General?

[moondust]

14. Yeah, I don't wanna do 55 MPH.

I prefer at least 95. It's up to me, right?

He's sanctioning reckless endangerment.

[HotTeaBag]

15. It is, but it shouldn't be.

It should simply be made mandatory nationally for a minimum of two months.

[Shermann]

18. Still probably 50% wearing masks in SC

No real change that I've seen.

The supermarkets are just bonkers today. I thought I could beat the 4th of July mobs early today, thought wrong.

What is McMaster waiting for?