Joe Biden said he would follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation to wear a face mask in public.
“I think it’s important to follow the science. Listen to the experts. Do what they tell you,” Biden told ABC’s This Week on Sunday, adding, “If I go out in public — and I have not gone to commercial places of late, I haven’t gone to my local church, etc. There’s no services, actually. But my generic point is that you should follow the science.”
The move differs from how President Trump said he would act in public. Trump said Friday he would not wear a mask because it could interfere with his ability to his job.
“I don’t think I’m going to be doing it,” Trump said. “Wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens — I just don’t see it.”
Biden responded: “He may not like how he looks in a mask, but the truth of the matter is that, follow the science. That’s what they’re telling us.”
Biden has been campaigning for president from his home in Delaware, holding virtual events and interviews from a studio in his basement.
The Trump administration recommended stronger guidelines as the number of coronavirus infections in the United States skyrockets. The new guidelines urge U.S. citizens to wear “non-medical cloth” face coverings in public settings, especially when social distancing is difficult to maintain.
