On Tuesday, Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden both canceled campaign rallies, citing worry about potentially exposing people to the coronavirus. “Out of concern for public health and safety, we are canceling tonight’s rally in Cleveland,” Sanders’s campaign said in a statement. “We are heeding the public warnings from Ohio state officials, who have communicated concern about holding large, indoor events during the coronavirus outbreak.” Also heeding warnings from health officials was the Democratic National Committee, which announced that it would hold its upcoming debate in Arizona without a live audience, saying its “number one priority has and will continue to be the safety of our staff campaigns, Arizonans, and all those involved in the debate,” with CNN, which is hosting the proceedings, noting that there would be no press filing center or spin room that night. In light of the current situation, all of theses moves seem like reasonable, prudent steps as part of an effort to avoid unnecessarily adding to the surging number of Americans testing positive for Covid-19. And then you have Donald Trump.

The president, who has hugely downplayed the deadly virus in a failed effort to keep the stock market happy, has decided that health officials know nothing and he—a man who thinks exercise kills you, sound causes cancer, and unprotected sex with a porn star is fine—need only listen to his own advice. In addition to claiming the virus will just “go away,” Trump has insisted that his reelection campaign will continue “as normal,” including rallies bringing thousands of people together in close proximity. He’s also decided that shaking hands—one of the top ways to transmit the virus!—will continue uninterrupted, despite reported pleas from health officials for him to give it a rest for the time being:

A source close to the coronavirus task force said President Donald Trump’s continued handshaking has worried some federal health officials who wish he would stop until medical experts have more confidence he won’t contract the virus. Vice President Mike Pence has notably opted for the elbow bump that is recommended by infectious disease experts. But Pence said during Tuesday’s coronavirus task force briefing that he has been shaking hands as well.