Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Mexico’s Assistant Health Secretary and face of the COVID fight says mask wearers are “egotistical”

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government’s point man for the coronavirus pandemic has once again made waves by calling those who wear facemasks “egotistical people.”

Social media users expressed outrage Friday at the comments by Assistant Health Secretary Hugo López-Gatell, made in a speech earlier this week at a book fair.

“The idea of face masks became an instrument in which egotistical people, egotistical social groups, tried to blame others: ‘Put your face mask on because you are going to contaminate me and my little universe,’ López-Gatell said. “When, in . . .

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