Prognosis
Life, Liberty and Face Masks: Virus Preys on Divided America
‘What type of dystopian situation are we in, when a face mask is a political statement?’
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If a world leader in science and technology can’t convince its citizenry to wear face masks amid a raging pandemic, that’s a problem.
Such is the reality that America faces as a highly transmissible virus runs riot ahead of Independence Day celebrations. With the nation setting ever higher one-day records for infections, which topped 50,000 for the first time on Wednesday, public health experts worry that not enough Americans grasp the risks — or worse, view the crisis through a political lens in an election cycle.