And central time zones, 202 7488001 for mountain and pacific time zones. Appearses as a new poll on the pages of usa today this morning. A story about americans pulled and asked if they wear a face mask. Have worn a mask in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to a survey from the democracy fund. Were conducted in this poll. There is a small disparity among age groups. People are slightly less mask, 70 have worn a percent of those 18 from 29. Americans 65 and older say they have worn a mask. To the cdc, here is what they say about face coverings. Individuals with cannavirus symptoms transmit the virus before showing symptoms. This means the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity. Evidence,f this new the cdc recommends wearing cloth faith cover cloth face coverings. Especially in areas of significant communitybased transmission. Those of the cdc recommendations. A couple days ago, it was dr. Deborah birx. She was asked about the importance of wearing a face mask are seeing growing confrontations in stores where customers say you have got to wear a mask and some customers say you are violating my rights. Member toking this put on a mask. Im not doing it. I woke up in a free country. I am asking you a Public Health question. Would you tell someone who says i have a right not to wear a mask in public. Collects we have said that there is Clear Scientific evidence by all the droplet experiments that have happened to show that i mask it does permit droplets from reaching others. Out of respect for each other, as americans that care for each other, we need to be Wearing Masks where we cannot social distance. We have the Scientific Evidence of how important mask wearing is to prevent those from reaching others. Rogers posting this morning about the face mask. I wear the mask for the benefit of my fellow americans. This person, i will not wear a mask. If people want to wear a mask, they should if they want to feel safe. But that is all that masks do. Their health is not my responsibility. It is theirs. At 202 ext us 7488003. If you want to call us, we had to divide the lines for eastern and central time zones and pacific time zones. Clarence starts off this morning. Good morning. Caller i think it should be a requirement if you want to go out somewhere. I wear them to protect myself and others. If you want to go to the grocery, that is how you protect yourself and others. I have not gone to work in a while. I am actually a male stripper. I work in a local gay bar to ronnie in go irving, texas. I believe they show where face masks. It is for the greater good. Our president and Vice President do not wear them. They are setting a bad example for the rest of the country. I think everybody should wear. Hem host when you go out and about and when you do so, what do you notice about people wearing face masks . Is it a common occurrence . How would you rate that in texas . Caller i live right outside of dallas. Host let me stop you there because you are breaking up. Maybe if you can improve the signal we will give another shot. Greg in michigan. Hello. Your next up. Good morning. Caller wearing a mask is very important. It shows that you honor your country and those leaders of the country. Did you go out this weekend for the holiday . Caller mostly at a cottage. Did not go out much in public. But i have noticed that when i am out in public, like at a Grocery Store, that most people honor the Wearing Masks. I think it is extremely important. Yourmes across as honoring country and honoring those scientists and doctors that say please wear a mask. I do not believe the president as honoring the problem we are going through properly. If i mayhis up bring this up, you had the president of the United States saluting the flag with his hand at his forehead. That is military veterans only. Your hand goes on your heart. The president yesterday was out for memorial day about. Ies, out and there were videos of him online and not wearing a face mask. We also saw joe biden out yesterday wearing a face mask. We are asking you about face mask coverings and what you think about them. Christian, arizona, hello. I want to point out that the National Institute of health have conducted two different studies. Conducted march 13, 20 20, and other 4, 2020. Was confirming medical masks versus n95 respirators for preventing covid19, and they found imprecision of available evidence. Repeat, indirectness and imprecision of available ,vidence that medical masks even n95 masks, what prevents you from contracting covid19. This also concludes whether it would be you or individuals around you. The other study they conducted was on the infected in this on n95 respirator conducted was on the effectiveness of this in they recommended it should not be recommended for the public. I want you to know that masks are only meant for professionals. If you are in a medical profession or a technical profession, that may be good for employment, but if you are in the general public you should not be Wearing Masks, and furthermore there is no talk ortsoever on immune health how to boost your immune system or how to build up a defense so that you did not contract the virus. Study, are from the you worried about transmission if you go out without a mask . Caller noah. I do not wear a mask. Singleas not been a person who has even had the fortitude to come next to me and tell me i need to wear a mask or kick me out of their store or their business because the general public knows people are not putting up with this nonsense. Ago, out here in scottsdale and phoenix, there were people shocked and stunned at the number of people who were out at nightclubs with hundreds of people because the general public knows that they were lied to about the coronavirus host we will leave it there. Valley, newing york, you are next up. Hello. Caller are you talking to me . Host yes. Caller ok. , vietnam vets,ld and i have copd. I wear a mask continuously when i do not have oxygen on. When i go out, everybody has a mask. It is an odd ball that does not have a mask on. I think masks are too expensive. I see the man, the bodegas, there are three dollars for a mask. Them . What do you pay for caller what . Host what did you pay . Caller all tell you what. I will tell you what. I was in the Grocery Store. This was in the beginning. A lady walks up to me and says, you dont have a mask. I said no. She gave me half a box. I still have them. I also bought a stack of hankies and i watch them continuously. Wash them continuously. I want to keep it that way. I have copd. James. In minneapolis, a new policy going into effect. In order to minimize the spread of coronavirus, it will be storesry torah mask and to wear a mask in stores, recreation centers, government buildings. Businesses will not be per death required to provide masks. Violations could be punished by fines. With more commercial activity is set to resume, it is important wearing a cloth mask is not a substitute for measures like physical distancing that have already asked us extend the curve. That applies to minneapolis. Maybe you can apply that to the situation where you live. Again, your thoughts on face coverings. If you wear one, or decide not to, you can give us your thoughts on that. Eastern and central time zones, that is 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Bob is next. You are on. I practice physical distance. I dont like people. It looks like we are dealing with a bunch of sheep here. I would not worry mask at gunpoint. This is ridiculous. If you do not want to get sick, do not leave the house. Host is that what you have done . Caller i leave the house to go to the Grocery Store and they take care of elderly people and put gas in my car. Host you dont wear a mask for those situations . Dealing withi am elderly people i wear a mask and i only do it in deference to them. It is all for show. Host jeremy in california. Your next step. I wear this stuff in diet made about republican. I hear some of these callers that do not wear a mask. This pseudomacho this in air against against fellow pseudomachoness and arrogance against americans. You are thinking, where does this arrogance come from . Is it just pure arrogance . Or is it a lack of intelligence level . Host do you think not wearing a mask has risen to being a type of protest of some type . Caller i think it goes back to our great freedom, the tremendous freedom we have been yet it states we have in the United States. But we are going through a major world pandemic right now that came out of china. No matter where we are politically, just out of respect for our fellow americans. Mask,o not want to wear a right, you bite the bullet and wear the mask. Think it is extremely selfish and arrogant not to wear a mask in public in and i think it should be a federal decree and it should come down from the president and his cabinet that ,f you are out in public everybody will wear a mask. Host when you see the president out without a mask, what do you think . That is because reasons. Cal he does not want to look nerdy and meek in the wimpy and wimpy. He does not want to put the mask on and give media the opportunity. A lot of it is the fact that he is wise enough because he is running for reelection. I will not give him any ammunition where they will run some ad of me wearing some undersized mask or this and that. Jeremy in california next. I have a concern. Birx make adeborah comment in reference to we should, you know, wear masks because we care about americans, care about each other, and we love to sit around and sing kumbaya. To me, that is an emotional opinion about why we should do this. Fauci madesixth, dr. The statement that the general public Wearing Masks creates a shortage for healthcare workers. Ofthere is different points view in reference to these wearing of masks. Make individual decisions on what we are going to wear, do for our health. Toldren, of course, we need protect them. Petty. This debate is at the president is doing a good job. I think the president is doing a job. Host your personal practice of wearing a mask. What is it . Caller i keep one with me handy. Iht where the train might wear one on the train. We are creating this culture that people are being judged because they are not wearing a mask. Wholeoes against the concept of what dr. Birx was saying. Have some compassion. Some people cannot wear these masks for medical reasons. We need to look beyond this mask debate. Wearing a mask when i get america back to work. Host we will go to diane in iowa. I have been listening on the phone. I have my eyes closed so i do not see you. Nobody is talking about the loneliness. I have everything the virus againand i am on a day 13 just because my family tells me how when they go to the store, the kids are out and about with no masks. People are out and about all gathered together. Let alone, i live rural and have to go to the next town or city. When it gets down to it, if i have to break out the dry milk i will, but it is the loneliness. But i do go out and worry mask. If i do go into a walmart, i do wear gloves. People look at me strange, which is fine with me, but it is the loneliness. Host so being a sigh fell slated so being self isolated . Caller yes. I have a dollar store here in the Grocery Store. When the meat prices went up, it was like eugh. I did get a couple fresh vegetables. I am 62. All these views in opinions, my goodness. I praise you guys for having this show. So many opinions. Host stay tuned it, stay with us. Andcan hear from america reflect on their thoughts. Diana mentioned meets. Meat. A story in the New York Times concerning meatpacking facilities. Says there were nearly 5000 meatpacking workers infected with the virus as of the end of next month. Number estimated that had climbed to more than 17,000. The outbreaks may be more expensive. Officials received mixed signals about how much information to release. ,ccording to internal emails provided to the New York Times, the messages left many workers and communities in the dark about the extent of the spread parts of the brassica spread in parts of nebraska, iowa, colorado. Perduemer president of talks about masks and the Washington Post saying that 45,000 young people, the biggest student population we have ever want to be here this fall, tell them we are too competent incompetent or fearful to protect your elders so we will strip your education. To tell them that they combined with rigorous hygiene and prudent social, more protection, hvac improvements, other measures we take. Ach boilermaker will receive face mask and a thermometer. Again, there is more of that if you want to read that in the Washington Post. We will go to valerie in richmond virginia. Morning. Ood i believe we should all were met we should all wear face masks. We are dying at a higher rate. Some urban cities. The fact of the matter of not wearing a face mask is to me almost ridiculous. My sister immediately started making face masks for the family. I find out that mostly our people,the older black will wear masks. It unfortunately, most people do not see with the mask in my area. It is to protect other people, but as far as being africanamerican, it is a must. Whole society is being ravaged by this virus. My grandson worked at a taco bell. They are considered firstline workers. A mild version, contracted the virus. I was very upset about it. I am a retired vet. We are used to trying to follow the orders of our commanderinchief. When he walks around without a disrespectful is and almost mocking people that do. I think that is why we have such arrogance. For the black Community Come out did not have the arrogance we did not have the luxury of having the arrogance to not worry mask. Caller i talked to my sister about a month ago i lost my sister about a month ago. Host new rochelle was one of those areas that was hardest hit. Caller yes it was. Pertaining to a gentleman who called a few calls back regarding trump. At the ceremony yesterday. How he put his hand at his head and did not cross his heart. We cannot expect him to know any different. Host back to your sister. You are saying she lost her life because of covid19. Caller yes, about a month ago. Rochelle, have you seen a difference in people wearing face coverings . Caller a lot of people do their a lot of people do wear them. But when i go to the supermarket, i notice most people do wear them. Host and that is your practice as well . Caller definitely. I have a heart problem. I am 73. I am taking no chances. If you go to vote in november, remember trump lied. Morning. D caller good morning. I think that wearing the mask is an individual choice. To me it is another control thing. What is the purpose of wearing the mask . So you do not spread the virus if you are not sure you have it. If you do not have the mask and have to cough or sneeze, cough and sneeze into your elbow. If everyone would practice watching your hands, do not touch her face. If you want to wear a mask, wear a mask, but i think it is an individual choice. Host you called it a control thing. Why is that . Caller in virginia, the governor mandated people wear a mask. I think a policy when it comes to businesses is expected out this week. Caller he is in Virginia Beach taking selfies with people, not social distancing, not wearing his mask. Trump thehand, reason we do not spread the mask is because we do not wear the we do not spread the virus. He is getting tested every day. He knows he does not have the virus. Stories aboutre beaches in alabama, how they were pretty full. People, many without masks. What do you think about that . And i wenthusband out to dinner friday night. The restaurants were packed. People were not Wearing Masks. It is their choice. Know, you have ways to protect yourself if you do not have a mask on. Host ok. Sharon in alabama it giving us perspective. We have been doing this for about half an hour. We will continue until 8 00. If you want to give your perspective in the eastern and central time zones, it is 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, 202 7488000. The New York Times talks about another form of protection besides the face mask. It is the face shield that is the subject of a story this morning saying that a doctor who in an opinion article published last week and colleagues of his say that a simple plastic face shield could prevent the transmission of infections when added to other Public Health measures. The story goes on to say that face shields may be easier to wear than masks, comparing them to wearing glasses and a hat. They wrap around a small portion of a persons forehead rather than covering half of the face with material. Many people also wear masks incorrectly. To readjusttend face masks frequently or remove them to talk. While cloth masks can prevent people from spreading germs to others, they do not usually protect the wearer from infection. Hello. It think you for taking my call. Call. Nk you for taking my i live in california in an area that is low in terms of how many cases there has been. Regardless, i am nearing 74 years old. My son lives on the property that i rent. Conscientiousy when it comes to protecting me and protecting others. Is a leather worker but he made his own mask after looking at the internet as to what was necessary. He goes to the store for me. I have not been out at all. He goes to the store for me and does whatever needs to be done. He is very careful. He will wear gloves and his mask. He works for a gentleman up the mountain that has an airbnb. He works one day a week and he tol not let the gentleman be near him when he is working. Careful. I appreciate it. I think a lot of the nonwearing mask people are fooling themselves. I think it is ignorant to not want to care for others. There is also host ok. This is paul in pennsylvania texting us this morning saying, i do not like that i have to wear one, but as a courtesy i will continue. Another i do wear the mask. When you do not wear one, you are saying you only matter. Jacksonville, florida. Caller i wear a mask. I generally wear a mask because the Scientists Say that that will help protect us and others. It would help keep the virus from spreading. Is it so much an inconvenience for people to put on a mask . That is the problem with us. It is this convenience thing that has gotten us into trouble. We want to go back into normal, but we want to make we should make door we should make norma