Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says wearing masks is 'not partisan,' but 'a ticket to more freedom.' “It makes it less likely that businesses will be shuttered. It makes it less likely that people will die. It makes it more likely school will return.”
collected by Johns Hopkins University. In the past week, 19 states, including Arkansas and Florida, set single-day records for their number of positive cases, and the nation's death toll has spiked 19%.
"Our economy will not come back until we meet this virus at its head and knock it down," she said."We simply cannot protect the economy if we don't protect the lives of people in our community." People walk past the Clevelander South Beach Hotel on July 13, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla. The hotel announced it was closing again until further notice due to growing concerns about the Covid-19 pandemic in Miami-Dade County.In Arkansas and Colorado, Govs.
Polis acknowledged concerns about"tell people what to wear or what to do in their lives," but said Colorado's data showed that the areas of the state with mask requirements had"15 to 20% more mask usage and lower spread of the virus," making a statewide order an"easy decision.", 96% of Democrats responded that they wear masks around others, a 30-point difference compared to Republicans, raising questions about the politicization of the issue.
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