On this Memorial Day weekend, beaches have reopened and people are venturing outside. And images and videos have circulated of some crowded beaches, pools and boardwalks in Maryland, Florida, Missouri, Texas and California.

And many people didn't heed warnings and weren't wearing masks.

It's perhaps not surprising when you consider President Trump — who as president sets the tone for so much of the country, especially for his supporters — has refused to be seen wearing a mask publicly.

"I had one on before," Trump said last week at a Ford Motor Co. plant in Michigan. "I wore one in this back area. I didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it."

The "pleasure" of seeing it? It's odd that, as the country approaches 100,000 deaths from the c****av***s, the president would feel wearing a mask was somehow something the press might mock him for, especially when his own administration's guidelines say to wear one when out in public and within 6 feet of someone.

It's important to remember that Trump is the one who changed the narrative on wearing masks in the first place. It wasn't that long ago that his administration was recommending that healthy people not wear masks, so supplies weren't scarce for health care workers and first responders who needed them. Then it was Trump who told people that wearing face coverings and scarves could make a big difference.

So this idea emerging that being seen wearing a mask somehow is a virtue signal for which party you belong to — and some thinking it infringes on their civil liberties or makes them look weak — is just not helpful to stopping the spread of the v***s.

Many Republican leaders are saying so, too.

"If someone is wearing a mask, they're not doing it to represent what political party they're in or what candidates they support," North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican, said in an emotional statement Friday. His voice started to break and he started to tear up, as he continued, "They might be doing it because they've got a 5-year-old child who's been going through cancer treatments. They might have vulnerable adults in their life, who currently have C***D and they're fighting."

Similarly, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press: "This is not about politics. This is not about whether you are liberal or conservative, left or right, Republican or Democrat."

Dr. Stephen Hahn, head of the Food and Drug Administration, tweeted a warning Sunday that "the c****av***s is not yet contained" and he reminded Americans that "social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks protect us all."

Also on Meet The Press, the president's national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, shifted the focus from health to the economy, making the argument to wear a mask this way: "Mask usage is going to help us get this economy reopened."

Maybe that's an argument that will stick with the president, and one — if he's convinced — he can t***slate to his conservative base, which has grown increasingly more concerned with reopening businesses than the health impact of C****-**.

But that's a big if.

Three things to watch this week:

1) 100,000 c****av***s deaths: It's a staggering number, but the country is approaching 100,000 deaths attributed to C****-**. It's something that was seemingly unfathomable two to three months ago. "You have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero," Trump said on Feb. 26. A month later, in late March, he downplayed the deadliness of c****av***s again, saying 36,000 on average die from the flu every year: "So you say to yourself, 'What is this all about?' " At that point, just over 700 Americans had died from C****-**.

States are reopening, and experts are concerned about potential spikes, especially if people flaunt social distancing restrictions the way some did this weekend.

2) Trump goes to Baltimore, but its mayor doesn't want him there: Trump on Monday will participate in a Memorial Day ceremony at Baltimore's Fort McHenry. But the city's mayor said he doesn't think Trump should come. "We don't need to be spending our resources for the president who's coming here under our orders to stay at home. I think he's violating the law," Mayor Jack Young said last week.

Trump didn't win any friends in Baltimore last year, when he referred to the late Rep. Elijah Cummings' district in Baltimore as "a d********g, rat and rodent infested mess."

3) Speaking of going places others aren't supposed to...: Trump and Vice President Pence are scheduled to go to a NASA/SpaceX launch in Florida on Wednesday. But on May 1, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine urged Americans to stay away due to c****av***s concerns. "We're asking people not to travel to Kennedy [Space Center], but to watch online or watch on your television at home," he said.

It wouldn't be the first time the president has flouted his own administration's public guidance and declined to set an example. Trump is eager to show a country getting back to normal so he can tout improvement ahead of his ree******n bid.

A v***s molecule is tiny. Many are less than a hundred nanometers. Neither cloth nor paper masks prevent, or even slow, a v***s molecule from passing through it. Masks do NOT protect the wearer. Masks do not prevent the v***s from an infected person from spreading. The only thing it does is prevent larger droplets from being spewed at a distance during a cough or sneeze. Surgical masks were designed to prevent or slow the spread of BACTERIA not v***ses. Bacteria are often thousands of times larger than v***ses. If air can pass through a substance, so can a v***s.

You state/admit, "The only thing it does is prevent larger droplets from being spewed at a distance during a cough or sneeze". This is important w/ CV-19 as many doctors believe there is a direct correlation between the amount of pathogens one gets infected with and the severity of the the CV-19 case they incur. (i.e. they believe the fewer pathogens one is infected with generally t***slates to a less severe case and vise-versa. Are masks going to be our save-all? No way. They do help though. They are simply a small tool out of the precious few we have that can help mitigate this at least a little. If masks are ineffective, why does Trump require everyone around him to wear one?

You state/admit, "The only thing it does is prevent larger droplets from being spewed at a distance during a cough or sneeze". This is important w/ CV-19 as many doctors believe there is a direct correlation between the amount of pathogens one gets infected with and the severity of the the CV-19 case they incur. (i.e. they believe the fewer pathogens one is infected with generally t***slates to a less severe case and vise-versa. Are masks going to be our save-all? No way. They do help though. They are simply a small tool out of the precious few we have that can help mitigate this at least a little. If masks are ineffective, why does Trump require everyone around him to wear one?