White House warns about ‘artificial sense of protection’ with wearing a mask

By Mike Brest

Published April 3, 2020 12:12am ET

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White House warns about ‘artificial sense of protection’ with wearing a mask — President Donald Trump speaks during briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, March 14, 2020, in Washington. Listening on the podium from left are, Vice President Mike Pence,, Dr. Anotny Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Seema Verma, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator,, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. | AP Photo / Alex Brandon

White House coronavirus task force response coordinator Deborah Birx stressed that wearing a mask does not completely prevent the spread of the virus.

Birx’s note about the potential ineffectiveness of mask-wearing came during Thursday’s White House briefing, which coincided with the news that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might soon direct people to start wearing garments to cover their mouths.

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