Will America really go all masked-up?

Will the American people do as their upcoming president says and wear a mask every time they go outside? Well, first of all, there's nothing in the constutution which says that by law whatever the president asks has to be obeyed. The US is a democracy after all. I don't think Joe Biden has it in mind to make mask-wearing a legal requirement, making it criminal not to wear one and instant fines for those who disobey. But he has definitely made mask-wearing his thing and he hopes the American people will abide by the suggestion. Will they do it? Well, millions will because they will want to support their new president, but millions won't because they will want to support their old president Donald Trump who never was a fan of masks from the very beginning. But I guess even if half the population wear a mask outside at all times for the 100 days Biden has suggested, it could make a big difference and slow down the infection rate. But it will also show up the divisions in the US. The anti-mask-wearing people will stride out into the open in defiance of the Biden edict and it could lead to all sorts of confrontations. I blame the World Health Organisation which has been supine and almost negligent in its mixed messages about what to do and not to do in this pandemic. I remember so well the WHO experts saying months ago that there was no medical evidence that wearing a mask made the slightest difference to passing or receiving the virus. Now it's all the rage.Now it seems pretty clear that wearing a mask in public places DOES make a big difference. There IS medical evidence that masks are a good preventive means of stopping the virus spreading. If only the WHO had said that right from the beginning national leaders around the globe would have taken note. Not Trump perhaps. But others would have done. Biden is right to make his plea for all Amricans to wear a mask for his first 100 days. And if it does make a substantial dfference then he could ask for mask-wearing to continue for longer. By then everyone will be so used to wearing a mask that it won't be a big deal. Here in the UK mask-wearing is pretty standard. Not in the parks or open spaces but in all shops and on public transport. It's rare to see anyone disobeying the rule. From what I can see, in the US it's more sketchy and in some states where Trump rules the roost there are far too many mask rebels. Surely everyone has got the message by now. Wearing or not wearing a mask is nothing to do with manliness, macho-ness and whatever the equivalent is with women. It's about health and the right to be alive.