--- title: "Biden Calls on All Americans to Wear Masks in Public For 100 Days" description: "President Joe Biden has asked all Americans to wear masks for the next 100 days. As part of an executive action signed today, all US citizens on board any form of interstate travel will be required to wear masks. On top of wearing masks, anybody flying into the United States has to be tested for […]" date: "2021-01-21" modified: "2021-01-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/biden-masks-100-days" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "coronavirus" - "covid19" - "joe biden" --- # Biden Calls on All Americans to Wear Masks in Public For 100 Days ![In a number of new executive orders, president Joe Biden has called on Americans to wear masks in public for the next 100 days.]() *\Image: The White House\* Flanked by vice president Kamala Harris and the nation's top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, United States President Joe Biden [signed several additional executive orders]() today "to change the course of this pandemic and get COVID-19 under control." Front and center among the new executive orders is a mandate for all Americans to wear masks for the next 100 days of Biden's presidency. As part of an executive action signed today, all US citizens on any form of interstate travel will be required to wear masks. Notably absent from Biden's remarks: any penalty for breaking the mask mandate. In other words, he's asking Americans to help each other out of a sense of common purpose, rather than a fear of legal consequences. On top of wearing masks, anybody flying into the United States will now have to be tested for the coronavirus prior to boarding. The White House has also released an [extensive 200-page document]() outlining his administration's "National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness." The news comes after it emerged that the Trump administration [still hadn't developed]() a plan to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine. Biden called today's actions a "full-scale war time effort" to reign in a pandemic which, as he pointed out during today's remarks, has already caused more American deaths than World War II. Biden also reiterated his commitment to science-based decision making. He said that decisions will be made "strictly based on science and health" in order "to restore public trust." "We will make sure that science and public health experts will speak directly to you," he added. He also said that we will hear more directly from Fauci himself, a figure actively sidelined by the Trump administration. The president also warned listeners that the coming months of the pandemic will be dark and difficult. "It will get worse before it gets better," he said. "It will take many months before we get where we want to be." ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()