>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME,
>>> FOR THE FIRST TIME,
PRESIDENT TRUMP WORE A MASK IN
PUBLIC.
YEARS FROM NOW THAT MASK WILL BE
IN THE SMITHSONIAN AND NONE OF
US WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT
BECAUSE WE’LL STILL BE IN
LOCKDOWN.
>>> WOW, ONLY FOUR MONTHS TOO
LATE.
WHAT’S HE GOING TO DO NEXT?
DRAG HIS CHRISTMAS TREE OUT TO
THE CURB?
>> LATE NIGHT HOSTS TALKING
ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO WORE
A MASK FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
PUBLIC AFTER MONTHS OF REFUSING
TO DO SO.
TONIGHT A NEW POLL SHOWS A DEEP
GENDER DIVIDE WHEN IT COMES TO
WEARING A MASK.
54% OF WOMEN REPORT ALWAYS
WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC
COMPARED TO ONLY 34% OF MEN.
COME ON, BOYS.
THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR.
WEARING A MASK WORKS.
AND BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY
WENT ON TIKTOK OF ALL PLACES TO
HELP EXPLAIN WHY SOME FACE
COVERINGS WORK BETTER THAN
OTHERS.
>> IT COULD BLOCK THE MOVEMENT
OF AIR BUT ONLY TO A CERTAIN
EXTENT.
THIS IS A HOMEMADE FACE MASK.
IT HAS JUST TWO LAYERS OF CLOTH
WITH A PIPE CLEANER SEWN IN TO
HELP IT FIT AGAINST THE BRIDGE
OF YOUR NOSE, AND IT BLOCKS THE MOVEMENT OF AIR VERY
MOVEMENT OF AIR VERY
EFFECTIVELY.
>> JOINING ME NOW, OUR VERY
SPECIAL GUEST, BILL NIGH THE
SCIENCE GUY.
BILL, THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
PANDEMIC.
IT’S COMMON SENSE.
WHY DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU NEEDED
TO MAKE A TIKTOK VIDEO?
WE’RE NOT MAKING ONE FOR SEAT
BELTS, BIKE HELMETS OR CONDOMS.
I’M GLAD YOU’RE NOT DOING THAT.
>> WELL, I HAVE DONE ACTUALLY A
BICYCLE SAFETY VIDEO, AND I HAVE
DONE A SEAT BELT VIDEO.
THIS IS BACK IN THE 20th
CENTURY, BUT NOW WE HAVE THIS
EXTRAORDINARY PROBLEM WHERE
EVERYBODY’S PERSONAL ACTION
AFFECTS EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT’S THE NATURE OF THESE
MEDICAL MASKS.
NOW, THE THING IS PEOPLE HAVE
THIS PERCEPTION THAT IT’S A
PERSONAL CHOICE, THAT IT’S A
MATTER OF PERSONAL FREEDOM.
I COULD DISAGREE MORE, BUT I
DON’T SEE HOW.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE’VE ALL AGREED
THAT YOU’RE NOT ALLOWED TO BLOW
SECONDHAND CIGARETTE SMOKE INTO
OTHER PEOPLE’S FACES OR
WORKPLACES OR RESTAURANT AREAS,
AND SO IN THE SAME WAY, I THINK
WE SHOULD AGREE THAT WE’RE NOT
ALLOWED TO BLOW POTENTIALLY
CORONA
CORONAVIRAL PARTICLES INTO OTHER
PEOPLE’S FACES OR WORK SPACES.
THIS IS NOT AN EXTRAORDINARY
IDEA.
IT JUST MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT
UNCOMFORTABLE.
BUT SO IS -- IT OUGHT TO BE --
WHEN YOU GET VERY SICK WITH
THIS, IT’S VERY TROUBLESOME AND
VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND IT’S
HARD NOT TO GET, IF I MAY ARMS
AKIM
AKIMBO ABOUT THIS BECAUSE IT
SEEMS TO YOUR POINT, LIKE COMMON
SENSE.
LIKE WHY WOULDN’T EVERYBODY DO
IT?
BUT IT’S THIS PERCEPTION THAT WE
HAVE RIGHTS THAT ARE NOT TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT OTHER PEOPLE’S
RIGHTS.
IT’S SELFISH.
IT’S WEIRD.
>> YOU’RE THE SCIENCE GUY, SO
THAT’S WHY I’M TURNING TO YOU.
BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
OTHER VOICES OF INFLUENCE THAT
HAVE HUGE PLATFORMS.
FOX NEWS HOST TUCKER CARLSON
SAID THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
MASKS HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF
THE CORONAVIRUS.
I’D LIKE YOU TO WATCH THIS.
>> THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
SCIENCE INTERSECTS WITH
POLITICS.
BOTH LOSE, AND THE COUNTRY LOSES
MOST OF ALL.
KEEPING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL,
KEEPING THE ELDERLY INSIDE,
FORCING EVERYONE TO WEAR A MASK
WHEN THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT
HELPS.
>> NO EVIDENCE THAT HELPS.
THAT MESSAGE, THOSE WORDS ARE
MAKING THEIR WAY TO MILLIONS OF
HOMES EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, MR. CARLSON
AND I HAVE BUTTED HEADS A FEW
TIMES.
I COULD DISAGREE WITH HIM MORE,
BUT I DON’T SEE HOW.
AS FAR AS HIS EXTRAORDINARY
CLAIM THAT SCIENCE AND POLITICS
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH
OTHER, IN THE U.S. CONSTITUTION,
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8, CLAUSE 8,
IT REFERS TO THE PROGRESS OF
SCIENCE AND USEFUL ARTS.
AND I REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE
UNDERSTANDING OF VIRAL PARTICLES
AND THE SHAPE OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, WHICH HAS THIS
CROWN OF THORNS ON IT, IS A
RESULT OF ELECTRON MIKE ROSS
KOPY, WHICH YOU WOULD NOT HAVE
WITHOUT SCIENCE.
VACCINES ARE A COUPLE CENTURY
OLD TECHNOLOGY THAT’S VERY WELL
UNDERSTOOD, AND MASKS WORK.
HIS EXTRAORDINARY CLAIM THAT
THEY DON’T WORK, I DON’T THINK
IS BASED ON FACTS.
I THINK IT’S HIM JUST TELLING
PEOPLE WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO
HEAR, HIS AUDIENCE MIGHT WANT TO
HEAR.
MY QUESTION ALWAYS, IF YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT MR. CARLSON, IS
WHAT DOES HE WANT FOR THE
FUTURE?
WHAT DO HIS FOUR CHILDREN WANT
FOR THE FUTURE?
DO THEY WANT A FUTURE WHERE
EVERYBODY’S ALLOWED TO RUN STOP
SIGNS AND GO THROUGH RED LIGHTS
AND -- I’M NOT BEING SILLY.
I’M JUST SAYING ARE WE GOING TO
HAVE RULES TO PROTECT EACH OTHER
OR NOT?
IT’S REALLY A -- IT’S A KIND OF
WEIRD CLAIM THAT HE MADE.
>> WELL, FOR HIS CHILDREN, FOR
MINE, FOR ALL CHILDREN, I
CERTAINLY HOPE WE ALL WANT THE
