"I should have worn a mask."

I hate to be the cynic but I think his statement that he was very careful up til that day...is unlikely to true. He wants to be in that inner circle and I'm sure he would have been ridiculed if he wore a mask. I would take him more at his word if he said "I  blew it. I should have been wearing a mask all along..." but that's just me.

He states the obvious. Nothing new. Doesn't mention if he was social distancing. Everyone thinks others will get the disease, not themselves. A very common attitude, sadly. I found out the hard way three times.

I actually really like what he said.  Should he have known better? Of course. Did he know better and ignore it for personal gain? Also yes.

But the leadership in this health crisis has been shamefully poor.  The extent to which basic precautions have been politicized has been recklessly irresponsible. 

I have to wonder if we'd still be having such a difficult time getting people to wear masks and social distance if Trump had come out of his COVID experience similarly humbled and issued this kind of statement.  Trump got the best medical care in the world, treatments not available to the general public, and his message was, "Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life."

No joke, just two hours ago, this is what Trump tweeted: "Covid, Covid, Covid is the unified chant of the Fake News Lamestream Media. They will talk about nothing else until November 4th., when the Election will be (hopefully!) over. Then the talk will be how low the death rate is, plenty of hospital rooms, & many tests of young people."

So, I'm going to have to give Christie credit for acknowledging the severity of the disease, the ease of spread, the importance of prevention, and his own culpability in catching it.  I think there are a lot of us who are struggling to find a balance between resorting normalcy to our lives and preventing transmission.  It is so easy for compliance fatigue to set in, for us to let down our guard, and for COVID to take advantage. Whether or not Christie was really consistently masking all along is almost irrelevant.  Lots of us have been, and it's a good reminder not to get sloppy.  Lots of others haven't been, and now is a good time to start.