When health officials say what they really think about the coronavirus and Trump
Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is by all accounts a mild-mannered and well-respected government official, someone who has served at the pleasure of the last Democratic and current Republican presidents and who has generally operated behind the scenes.
On Thursday night, though, he let his mask of diplomacy slip a little bit, so to speak.
During an appearance on CNN, Collins was shown images of a largely maskless crowd at a rally for President Trump in Michigan. While those before him have said things to the effect of, “We should follow the guidelines” and “I don’t know if that’s a good idea,” Collins was blunter — and uncharacteristically so.
“How did we get here?” Collins began. “Imagine you were an alien who landed on planet Earth, and you saw that our planet was afflicted by an infectious-disease and that masks were an effective way to prevent the spread. And yet, when you went around, you saw some people not wearing them and some people wearing them.”
He added: “And you tried to figure out why, and it turned out it was their political party. And you would scratch your head and think, ‘This is just not a planet that has much promise for the future’ — if something that is so straightforward can somehow get twisted into decision-making that really makes no sense.”
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