Name:   architect - Subject:   Optics and mixed messaging Date:   3/21/2020 4:59:32 PM (updated 3/21/2020 5:01:40 PM)

The Trump Coronavirus team tells us to all wash our hands every chance we get, wipe down our phones, computer keyboards, counters and even gasolene fill spouts, and to practice ''Social distancing'' specifically advising us little folks to maintain a 6' distance between each individual.  Then why day after day does this group have a press briefing with anywhere from 8 to 15 participants (most of whom do not utter a word) crammed shoulder to shoulder sharing a platform and the same microphone?  Andrew Cuomo has a press briefing with each participant seated behind a table separated by 6+' and individual microphones.  Not only did the Cuomo briefing offer actual useful information rather than self congratulations, but it also sent the visuals that are in keeping with what we are all supposed to be doing.