With U.S. divided on masks, Georgia governor refuses to back down
- A national debate over whether to require face coverings to slow the coronavirus pandemic boiled over in the U.S. state of Georgia on Friday, after Governor Brian Kemp sued Atlanta’s mayor to prevent her from mandating masks.
While state and local officials clash over masks, school districts across the country have announced a variety of in-class and at-home instruction plans in the face of Trump administration demands that students return. Concerns over in-school instruction mounted in recent weeks with a rise in new cases and deaths in many parts of the country, especially in the South and West.
Trump and his followers have resisted a full-throated endorsement of masks and have been calling for a return to normal economic activity following pandemic-induced shutdowns. Kemp, a fellow Republican and Trump supporter, conceded that masks would help slow infections and urged all Georgians to wear masks for at least four weeks on Friday, but said mandates were unenforceable and suggested they would hobble the economy.
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