Masks win political momentum despite GOP holdouts
he political momentum behind mask mandates is growing quickly, with more governors issuing orders that people wear face coverings in public and major retailers uniting behind them.
Cloth masks or face coverings are now required in public in about half of the states, but some governors — mostly Republicans — are still resisting calls to issue statewide mandates, leading to a patchwork of rules across the country.
Public health experts for several weeks now have pushed for states to issue masking requirements to stop the spread of COVID-19 and help Americans to return to some semblance of normalcy as the search for a vaccine continues.
“I believe we need a national requirement, but in the absence of that, we need every state to adopt a policy as soon as possible,” said Howard Koh, a former health secretary in the Obama administration, adding that uniformity is needed because “the virus does not respect city, county or state borders.”
“We do not have a vaccine and until the FDA approves one, masks are the best vaccine we have,” he added.
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