With hospitals in dire want of face masks and different gear to maintain them from contracting the coronavirus, President Donald Trump steered another for People who additionally need safety in public: Put on a shawl.

"It does not should be a masks," Trump stated at a press briefing Tuesday evening. "You need to use scarves. You need to use one thing else over your face."

The next night, Trump repeated that recommendation, claiming with out proof that scarves are "extremely beneficial by the professionals."

"Relying on the material, I believe in a sure means a shawl is healthier," Trump claimed.

There may be at present little empirical proof to again up Trump's advice {that a} scarf or different protecting can substitute for a face masks.

Docs advised CNBC that there are professionals and...