How Refreshing! You go, Joe

Vice President Joe Biden is suggesting we stay out of confined public places, especially public transportation. Thank goodness someone is willing to say it.

First, let's get this straight. VP Joe Biden was responding to a direct question this morning and he answered honestly. He can't help that the mind-numbingly stupid yakking twits on morning news and talk shows are taking his comments out of context. I'm talking to you, Contessa and Mika. He was asked what he would advise a family member if they indicated an interest in traveling by commercial airliner to and from Mexico in the coming week. That's a very specific question and Biden said he would tell that family member to avoid traveling in a confined aircraft.

He answered the question honestly and he is exactly right.

Biden went on to mention travel by subway or other methods of public transportation. He emphasized being in confined spaces versus open spaces where a sneeze or a cough won't have as much of an impact on the air you breathe. He also said if someone had another method of transportation he would suggest avoiding the subway. This isn't a gaffe. This is honest, real, smart advice.

The really scary thought is that so many people apparently find this advice scandalous. I love public transportation as much as the next person even if I don't rely on it for my daily routine, but anyone who thinks we shouldn't point out that public transportation provides the perfect vessel for the spread of any airborne illness is stupid. Good heavens people, if you need to travel by bus, subway, train or plane wear a mask. Take precautions. That's the point of what Biden was saying and it's a crying shame that the morning news twits would rather create a gaffe where there isn't one instead of providing a public service and making sure people know that if they need to travel in confined spaces now might be the time to invest in those cute little blue masks.

Here's the video. Nothing scandalous in my book.