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Congress Considers Actions To Enforce Mask-Wearing—And Punish States That Won’t

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BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by&nbsp;Jul 17, 2020,New!Got it!In the absence of mask-wearing mandates from President Donald Trump and governors in hard-hit states like Arizona and Florida, despite their effectiveness against spreading Covid-19, Sen. Bernie Sanders and other lawmakers in Congress are pushing their own legislative solutions to get more Americans wearing face masks.Sanders announced in a with former Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services head Andy Slavitt Friday that he would announce “Masks for All” legislation next week, which will “instruct the Trump administration to acquire and deliver three high-quality, reusable masks” to everyone in the U.S.The legislation will also provide N95 and surgical masks to health care workers and invoke the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of high-quality masks, which would provide new employment opportunities for Americans who are out of work.Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Thursday she will introduce an amendment to Congress’s coronavirus stimulus legislation, which would withhold federal Covid-19 relief funds from states that haven’t implemented mask-wearing mandates.Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Tx.) has the Wear Your Mask Act, which mandates face masks in all “federally owned, leased or operated facilities or buildings” until the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases declares it’s safe to stop.Though he has not presented a legislative solution, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been a of mask wearing in recent days, saying this week that it’s “the single most important thing” to stop the spread of Covid-19.“President Donald Trump has masks a political football. But public surveys that Americans, by a good-sized majority, are very open to wearing masks,” Sanders and Slavitt write. “This bill would help make clear the public health necessity for masks once and for all.”41,304: The number of Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. that would be prevented by November 1 if the U.S. had universal mask-wearing as compared with current projections, as predicted by a created by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.Face masks have emerged as a major issue as coronavirus cases have sharply risen in the U.S., with a implementing mask-wearing mandates and Wall Street figures explicitly that face masks are essential for improving the economy. After his initial opposition to masks made mask-wearing into a partisan issue, President Donald Trump finally in public last week for the first time, and a number of Republicans beyond McConnell have mask wearing. Despite the bipartisan support for wearing masks, however, mask-wearing mandates have still not been implemented at the state level in Covid-19 epicenters like Florida and Arizona, and Trump has not called for a nationwide mandate despite to do so. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp faced criticism for cities and towns from implementing their own mask-wearing mandates Wednesday—and even for enforcing their mandate—though the Republican governor has residents to wear face masks in public even though they’re not required.(CNN)(CNN)(Forbes)(Forbes).&nbsp;.&nbsp;

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by&nbsp;Jul 17, 2020,New!Got it!In the absence of mask-wearing mandates from President Donald Trump and governors in hard-hit states like Arizona and Florida, despite their effectiveness against spreading Covid-19, Sen. Bernie Sanders and other lawmakers in Congress are pushing their own legislative solutions to get more Americans wearing face masks.Sanders announced in a with former Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services head Andy Slavitt Friday that he would announce “Masks for All” legislation next week, which will “instruct the Trump...

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