To me, Trumps mismanagement of COVID is a bipartisan issue. So hearing some physicians state he has not mismanaged the pandemic, (if not motivated politically) is incredibly confusing to me. I would love for you to answer a few questions to help me understand your viewpoint! https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1313186529058136070

1. Do you think masks are important to help reduce the spread of COVID?
If Yes, please keep going down the thread
If No, can you please share your scientific opinion with citations as to why masks do not help reduce the spread of COVID?

If you are here, you answered you think masks are important...

2. Do you think how much he’s minimized the importance of masks/mocked their use is a public health issue/problem? Demonstrated by his maskless super spreader event last week?

If you answered No... it’s hard to reconcile that with answering yes to the question “are masks important”

3. Do you think social distancing/6 ft when possible is important to help reduce spread of COVID?
If Yes, please keep going down the thread
If No, can you please share your scientific opinion w/ citations as to why social distancing is not important to reduce the spread of COVID?

If you are here, you answered you think social distancing is important...

4. Do you think how much he’s minimized the importance of social distancing is a public health issue/problem? Demonstrated by his numerous indoor rallies, and maskless super spreader event last week?

If you answered No... it’s hard to reconcile that with answering yes to the question “is social distancing important”

5. Have you taken care of dying COVID patients? Not outpatient, I’m specifically asking regarding inpatient & dying. This is not political, I’m just curious.

Do you agree/disagree with the IFR for COVID being around 0.15 as cited by John Ioannidis? This is also not political, just curious

Do you believe that any public health measures do need to be taken to reduce the spread of COVID or is it not problematic? If yes, please comment what methods you recommend (if not masks and social distancing)

Thanks for participating! If you follow me on Twitter you already know that I believe: masks & social distancing are important to reduce the spread of this virus, & that Trump has mismanaged the pandemic. But would love to hear the opinions of physicians who think otherwise

Essentially -if you’re a physician who thinks masks/social distancing are important to reduce the spread of COVID, then it’s hard to argue that you think the president has handled this pandemic responsibly.
If you think neither are important, or the virus is nbd, that explains it