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Apr. 8th, 2020 08:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stresskittenMy Prime Minister stood up at a press conference just recently and... you know how you start a sentence and then aren't quite sure how to finish it? He had one of those moments... and it is currently making the most wonderful rounds on social media.
He was talking about how he understood Dr. Theresa Tam, our Federal Chief Public Health Officer, was saying that face-masks were a good idea, and that they don't necessarily help to protect you from getting sick, but that they help you avoid spreading illness around.
Well... that was what he was trying to say. What he actually said was...
PM Justin Trueau: "It protects others more than it protects you because it prevents you from breathing or speaking... uh ...moistly on them," he said. He then immediately winced and said,"what a terrible image," and then moved on.
I'm choosing to see that as another relic of his teaching days... when teaching teenagers, if you make a gaff like that, you acknowledge it and move on quickly, or you lose the class.
I giggled. :-)
He was talking about how he understood Dr. Theresa Tam, our Federal Chief Public Health Officer, was saying that face-masks were a good idea, and that they don't necessarily help to protect you from getting sick, but that they help you avoid spreading illness around.
Well... that was what he was trying to say. What he actually said was...
PM Justin Trueau: "It protects others more than it protects you because it prevents you from breathing or speaking... uh ...moistly on them," he said. He then immediately winced and said,"what a terrible image," and then moved on.
I'm choosing to see that as another relic of his teaching days... when teaching teenagers, if you make a gaff like that, you acknowledge it and move on quickly, or you lose the class.
I giggled. :-)