In case you were late to the coronavirus party, the current recommendation from the CDC is that everyone wear face masks while in public, especially in settings where abiding by social distancing guidelines is difficult. Yesterday, First Lady Melania Trump used her skills as a former model to show Twitter followers how that’s done.
As the CDC studies the spread of #COVID-19, they recommend people wear cloth face coverings in public settings when social distancing can be hard to do. Remember, this does NOT replace the importance of social distancing. pic.twitter.com/HRaQHFgXxn
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) April 9, 2020
The tweet and accompanying video did not address where we are supposed to procure these masks. Surgical masks have been sold out for weeks at most retailers. A quick scan of Amazon shows that the masks available for purchase from third-party retailers may take up to a month to ship, and they’re coming from (you guessed it) China, where the whole pandemic originated.
It’s not like we expect accurate, timely health information from this administration, but the White House’s response to the coronavirus outbreak has been ridiculous at best. President Donald Trump initially declared coronavirus a “hoax” invented by Democrats. When that didn’t go over so well, he nicknamed COVID-19 the “Chinese virus.” Less than a week ago, he also scoffed in a press briefing about using a face mask. “I think wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, dictators, kings, queens, I don’t know, I don’t see it for myself.” he said. (Does he see himself with coronavirus? Because we’d like to see that.)
But back to the Mrs., who is apparently the more intelligent half (and that’s not saying much) of this odd couple. Her social media glamour shot and PSA — which seemed to be more in the style of an ad for Botox than a cautionary tale about a deadly disease — immediately stoked the fires of Twitter users, and the burns were oh so good. Here are some of the hot takes.
Cover Photo: @FLOTUS (Twitter)
is there… is there a reason you didn’t actually put the mask on in the video?
— Matt Singer (@matthewjsinger) April 9, 2020
THANKS!! I’ll get medical advice elsewhere honey! pic.twitter.com/ZU0VuSPsff
— Paul Rosenberger (@DrRosenRosen19) April 9, 2020
I love how Melania says “grocery stores” and “pharmacies” like they’re places she’s pretty sure exists but has definitely never been to pic.twitter.com/zrKn0a4G0f
— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) April 10, 2020
It’s so hard to take anyone seriously about ppl dying every minute when they use a pouty face and the same body language found in a really tacky soft porn movie. It ends up making a farce of an important subject. Like everything Trump touches.
— Shannon Hoffman (@shan_is_sweet) April 10, 2020
Best James Bond girl parody on twitter
— SheikYerbutti2 (@SheikYerbutti2) April 10, 2020
OK MORTICIA…..
— Sue Rathburn (@SueRathburn) April 9, 2020
— Sylvia NGF #Latina (@fortuin_sylvia) April 9, 2020
I thought that melania video was a parody or something
— Miriam J Hernandez (@MiriamNBL) April 10, 2020
Might I recommend this for your husband?? pic.twitter.com/NoQAzxEgdk
— Taters destroyer of Dogma (@tatersbd) April 9, 2020
He’s exempt pic.twitter.com/teugncIPRA
— NASTY WOMAN (@aredhead331) April 9, 2020
— American freedom fighters (@nadinesmithnyc) April 9, 2020
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