The last time someone wore a mask while sitting at the resolute desk was never. Imagine the difference it would have made, the example it would have set for the President to lead by wearing a damn mask.
Instead, before today, it wasn’t macho enough for the previous occupant, who, by the way, was hospitalized, on oxygen, with Covid-19.
Joe Biden is trying to get a handle on this disastrous pandemic by first admitting its seriousness and demonstrating how to prevent it. The first executive order he signed mandated masks in federal buildings.
Lots of other changes in the Oval Office: