Don’t gloat. Forget the snark. Just wear a mask.
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October 3, 2020
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By [Nicholas Kristof](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vY29sdW1uL25pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Y_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMDMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjI3ODQmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mzk3NjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7pnN4Xx6-gzRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)
Opinion Columnist
What did you think when you first heard that President Trump and the first lady were infected with the coronavirus? For plenty of progressives, the response was gloating and snark. “My thoughts and prayers go out to the virus,” one person told me on Twitter. But my [Sunday column argues](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8wMy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90cnVtcC1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1pbmZlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMTAwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMjc4NCZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zOTc2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADumc3hfHr6DNFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) for dropping the snark and glee, and simply sending best wishes for recovery to a sick family.
Let’s learn lessons, I argue in the column, and the foremost one is the importance of wearing face masks. The number of virus cases in the United States is ticking upward, and until we get a vaccine our most effective response is universal mask wearing. By one estimate, we could save almost 100,000 lives between now and the end of the year if 95 percent of Americans wore masks (that’s the level of mask-wearing in Singapore).
My bottom line is that refusing to wear a mask is like driving while drunk. I’ve seen norms change toward drunk driving, and we can likewise cultivate a norm against going without a mask in a time of plague. [Please read](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8wMy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90cnVtcC1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1pbmZlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMTAwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMjc4NCZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zOTc2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADumc3hfHr6DNFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA).
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Monitoring Elections Under an Authoritarian
Two organizations I greatly admire for their work on elections in oppressive nations, the [Carter Center](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TcaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2FydGVyY2VudGVyLm9yZy9uZXdzL3ByLzIwMjAvdXMtZWxlY3Rpb25zLTA4MjgyMC5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAxMDAzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIyNzg0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM5NzYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAO6ZzeF8evoM0Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and the International Crisis Group, will be focusing on next month’s American election. Robert Malley of the Crisis Group [explains](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY3Jpc2lzZ3JvdXAub3JnL2NvbnRlbnQvY3Jpc2lzLWdyb3VwLXR1cm5zLWZvY3VzLXJpc2stZWxlY3RvcmFsLXZpb2xlbmNlLXVzP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAxMDAzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIyNzg0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM5NzYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAO6ZzeF8evoM0Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) that it has looked at cases of postelection violence abroad and finds many of the same risk factors in this country. I find it sad that this country requires election monitors.
Speaking of the Carter Center, Happy 96th Birthday, Jimmy Carter! Of all the politicians I’ve met in my career, he strikes me as one of the most decent, honorable and selfless. And his public health work fighting diseases like Guinea worm and river blindness has been saintly.
The Fraying of Social Fabric
I’m out in Oregon and visited a parcel of land recently with the permission of the landowner. I parked my vehicle on the narrow gravel road, used a machete to clear blackberries and then left the machete there. When I returned, the machete was gone, and a neighbor had rolled a log to block my vehicle from leaving. I think he thought that I was an antifa member setting fires, and he also called the sheriff. It was all worked out, but it underscored to me how conspiracy theories [are running wild](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wOS8xOS9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS93aWxkZmlyZXMtdW5pdGVkLXN0YXRlcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAxMDAzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIyNzg0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTM5NzYxJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAO6ZzeF8evoM0Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) — and how it all may get worse after the election if it’s close.
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More Sexual Harassment at Fox News?
Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr., had a star turn at the Republican convention and is a top fund-raiser for the Trump campaign. Like many in her orbit, she portrays the Trump campaign as values driven. So it’s astonishing to read a [New Yorker article](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0T_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3eW9ya2VyLmNvbS9uZXdzL25ld3MtZGVzay90aGUtc2VjcmV0LWhpc3Rvcnktb2Yta2ltYmVybHktZ3VpbGZveWxlcy1kZXBhcnR1cmUtZnJvbS1mb3g_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMDMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjI3ODQmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mzk3NjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7pnN4Xx6-gzRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) asserting that she was ousted from Fox News after her female assistant submitted a 42-page complaint alleging that Guilfoyle had sexually harassed her unremittingly. The article says that Fox News paid a settlement of more than $4 million, suggesting that the lawyers found the allegations very credible. If true, the allegations are another monument to the hypocrisy of so many in Trump’s orbit.
A Republican Speaks Up
Republican officeholders have mostly pulled punches when commenting on Trump’s behavior, because they don’t want to be “primaried” by Republican voters still in the president’s camp. Former officeholders are less cautious. Here’s what [Marc Racicot](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP4QHAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjAvMDkvMzAvdXMvcG9saXRpY3MvdHJ1bXAtZGViYXRlLXdoaXRlLXN1cHJlbWFjeS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAxMDAzJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIyNzg0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVmZXJyaW5nU291cmNlPWFydGljbGVTaGFyZSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mzk3NjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7pnN4Xx6-gzRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), former Montana governor and former chairman of the Republican Party, said of President Trump: “I’ve concluded that he is dangerous to the existence of the republic as we know it.”
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The Scandal of Native American Health Care
One aspect of racial inequity in America receives negligible attention: that of Native Americans who have also been hit hard by Covid-19. Students of Bureau of Indian Education schools have a graduation rate of only 53 percent, and Native Americans in several parts of the United States already have a shorter life expectancy than citizens of Bangladesh or Cambodia. [This article](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0SxaHR0cHM6Ly9ueXRpLm1zLzMwZFBzNmI_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDEwMDMmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjI3ODQmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9Mzk3NjEmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7pnN4Xx6-gzRSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) in The Times explores these health gaps and the wretchedly underfunded Indian Health Service.
The Lesson of Trump’s Covid-19 Infection
America has badly bungled the coronavirus pandemic, and partly that’s because so many Americans have been resistant to masks. [As my column notes](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8wMy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90cnVtcC1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1pbmZlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMTAwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMjc4NCZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zOTc2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADumc3hfHr6DNFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), store and restaurant employees have repeatedly been shot by customers angered by requests that they wear masks. But the president’s infection gives us a chance to start again — hopefully with his help — in building a national norm for acting responsibly. Going without masks is like driving drunk, except that it kills far more people. [Please read](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRhWvimP0TsaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8xMC8wMy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS90cnVtcC1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1pbmZlY3Rpb24uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMTAwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMjc4NCZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zOTc2MSZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADumc3hfHr6DNFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA).
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