Trump’s reluctance to wear face masks sends fatal messages (opinions)

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4 years ago

May 29, 2020

Trump takes jab at journalist for wearing mask

The article was a type of fabricated analysis that made rounds in the moldy corners at the far right, where all sorts of strange, anti-scientific, anti-establishment ideas seemed to grow like bacterial culture, challenging the American democratic immune system.

Of course, Trump must strengthen it to millions of followers.

Not so important that Trump happily comments, “so many different points of view!” as if the ravings of right-wing pro-Trump publications, claiming that the ongoing pandemic that flooded hospitals in the United States and around the world, amount for “the fiction that we are in an emergency.”

Once again, Trump placed himself aside the urgent public health measures recommended by members of his own government, sending mixed signals without a reasonable purpose.

Because the country has split between pro and anti-mask believers, the President, amazingly, has emerged as the leader of the anti-government side who is divided about taking simple steps to slow the pandemic. Refusing to wear a mask is akin to wearing a MAGA hat, a sign of pro-Trump’s defiance of the company, but that will prolong the crisis, cause more people to die, and make the economy more difficult to recover.

In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order authorizes companies to ban the entry of those who refuse to wear masks. “You don’t want to wear a mask, okay,” Cuomo said, “but you don’t have the right to go to that shop if the owner doesn’t want you.”

Opponents wearing masks paint this problem as a serious question of freedom. That claim makes no sense. 19th-century philosopher John Stuart Mill, an apostle of individual freedom, wrote in his famous book In the Liberty essay“The only purpose in which power can be exercised legally over civilized members of society, against its will, is to prevent damage to others.”

Wearing a mask to keep deadly pathogens from spreading to others is the mildest request. When violations are taking place, this is an insult to only the softest snowflakes – or those most vulnerable to lies.

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By using his megaphone not to call on the state to unite and resolve, but to weaken the call of public health experts, Trump not only helps undermine trust in the government, but it also makes people more reluctant to follow the advice of those who, unlike him, and most writers conspiracy theories involving facial masks, have devoted their lives to learning how to stop disease.

Over the weekend, a beach visitor told CNN Gary Tuchman that if Trump wouldn’t wear a mask, he wouldn’t either. If he watched Fox News rather than on the beach, he might have heard Dr. Debra Birx, from the White House Coronavirus Task Force, explained that “there is clear scientific evidence,” from various experiments, “that masks do indeed prevent droplets from reaching others.”

Claims that face masks do not provide protection against organisms as small as coronavirus False.

On Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease specialist, begs Americans to wear masks when they go outside. Masks, he told CNN, are not 100% effective, but they help us protect the people around us. They showed, he said, “respect for others.”

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Trump insisted he was not seen wearing a mask. He downplayed a White House reporter for refusing to release it during a press conference on Tuesday, saying he chose to be “Politically correct.” She also retweet former Vice President Joe Biden’s banter after he wore a mask in his first public appearance since March last Monday. Biden called Trump “foolish” for not wearing it, saying, “The president should take the lead, not be involved in ignorance, and be a false masculine.”

Why in the world does Trump encourage Americans to not take simple precautions? His insistence on reopening business without achieving safe milep can at least be explained as an attempt to revive the economy. But a mask? Its influence there will only cause more deaths, perhaps affect its supporters more than others, and counter its efforts to return the country to normalcy.

Trump once again established himself as a rouser of commoners, rebels against the system, even though he was now a system. He repeated his role in 2016 as an opposing, anti-establishment and politically wrong figure. But this time, he tried to fight his own interests. Trump supporters may feel excited to wear a MAGA hat and encourage those who wear masks, but most Americans do not want to get sick, let alone die.

With more than 101,000 people is dead because Covid-19 in this country, most Americans think Trump must wear a mask. They would rather feel safe than follow the advice of a man who is handling a crisis that they believe to be failing.

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Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

Herb Adkins

Portuguese historical films will premiere on 29 December.

Method Media Bermuda will present the documentary FABRIC: Portuguese History in Bermuda on Thursday, December 29 at the Underwater Research Institute of Bermuda.

A spokesperson said: “Method Media is proud to bring Bermuda Fabric: Portugal History to Bermuda for its 5th and 6th showing at the Bermuda Underwater Observatory. In November and December 2019, Cloth: A Portuguese Story in Bermuda had four sold-out screenings. Now that Bermuda has reopened after the pandemic, it’s time to bring the film back for at least two screenings.

“There are tickets Ptix.bm For $ 20 – sessions at 15:30 and 18:00. Both screenings will be followed by a short Q&A session.

Director and producer Milton Raboso says, “FABRIC is a definitive account of the Portuguese community in Bermuda and its 151 years of history, but it also places Bermuda, Acors and Portugal in the world history and the events that have fueled those 151 years.

“It took more than 10 years to implement FABRIC. The film was supported by the Minister of Culture, the Government of the Azores and private donors.

“Bermuda Media Method [MMB] Created in 2011 by producer Milton Raposo. MMB has created content for a wide range of clients: Bermuda’s new hospital renovation, reinsurance, travel campaigns, international sports and more. MMB pays special attention to artistic, cultural and historical content.

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CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS ‘There will be room’

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1 year ago

December 20, 2022

Herb Adkins

CRISTANO RONALDO CAN MAKE UP A GIANT IN CARIOCA AND PORTUGUESE TECHNICIAN SAYS 'There will be room'

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

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December 19, 2022

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Maestro de Braga is the first Portuguese in the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba.

Maestro Filipe Cunha, Artistic Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Braga, has been invited to conduct the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, as announced today.

According to a statement sent by O MINHO, “he will be the first Portuguese conductor to conduct this orchestra in its entire history.”

In addition to this orchestra, the maestro will also work with the Lyceo Mozarteum de la Habana Symphony Orchestra.

The concerts will take place on 4 and 12 March 2023 at the National Theater of Cuba in Havana.

In the words of the maestro, quoted in the statement, “these will be very beautiful concerts with difficult but very complex pieces” and therefore he feels “very motivated”.

From the very beginning, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 will be performed by an Italian pianist (Luigi Borzillo), whom the maestro wants to bring to Portugal later this year. In the same concert, Mendelshon’s First Symphony will be performed.

Then, at the second concert, in the company of the Mexican clarinetist Angel Zedillo, he will perform the Louis Sfora Concerto No. 2. In this concert, the maestro also conducts Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

“This is an international recognition of my work. An invitation that I accept with humility and great responsibility. I was surprised to learn that I would be the first Portuguese member of the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra. This is a very great honor,” the maestro said in a statement.

“I take with me the name of the city of Braga and Portugal with all the responsibility that goes with it, and I hope to do a good job there, leaving a good image and putting on great concerts. These will be very special concerts because, in addition to performing pieces that I love, especially Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, I will be directing two wonderful soloists who are also my friends. It will be very beautiful,” concludes Filipe Cunha.

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