On Monday, Joe Biden castigated Donald Trump for saying Americans should not be afraid of Covid-19 or let it dominate your life, even after the president tested positive for coronavirus.
“I saw a tweet he did, they showed me, he said ‘don’t let COVID control your life,'” Biden told Florida news station Local 10 as he campaigned in the key battleground state.
“Tell that to the 205,000 families who lost somebody.”
Biden said: “I would hope that the president, having gone through what he went through and I’m glad he seems to be coming along pretty well would communicate the right lesson to the American people: masks matter.”
“These masks, they matter. It matters, it saves lives, it prevents the spread of the disease.”
Biden’s remarks came just minutes after Trump concluded a four-day period of Covid-19 treatment at Walter Reed military medical center in Maryland, returned to the White House, and defiantly removed his facemask as he stood on the mansion’s balcony.
Biden said: “It’s a great concern. I hope no one walks away with the message thinking that it’s not a problem.”
