Joe Biden to call for 100 days of mask-wearing to combat the pandemic, but it will likely go for much longer

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that one of the first actions he will take as president to combat the coronavirus pandemic will be to call for 100 days of wearing masks.

"My inclination ... is on the first day I'm inaugurated is to say I'm going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. Just 100 days to mask — not forever — one hundred days," the former vice president said during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper.

If we do that, "I think we'll see a significant reduction ... [and] drive down the numbers considerably," Biden continued.