somewhere out there in the quantum realm is an alternate timeline in which Donald Trump *loved* masks, loved making other people (especially service workers) wear them, loved having schools closed, etc, and in that timeline I doubt this article exists https://t.co/1PXWXGwbIO

— Kat Rosenfield (@katrosenfield) December 14, 2022

I think this is alas mostly true. If Trump had embraced masking, 80-90% of PMC libs would’ve turned against it.

In fact many were strongly against masking at first. Even at the time I was aghast, but in the early days of the pandemic I had many people informing me (even a few friends) that masks didn’t work, were useless, and also racist.