Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar warned that coronavirus outbreaks in southern and southwestern states threaten to spiral out of control without immediate intervention
Fewer than half of states have any kind of mask mandates. Not all Democratic governors have enacted them, and fewer Republicans have, even as hospitalizations climb and outbreaks grow. Some Republicans have even moved to prevent local leaders from requiring them.
"We all own as individuals, our individual behavior to make sure that we are practicing appropriate social distancing and wearing facial covering when we're not able to, and practicing good personal hygiene and especially protecting our most vulnerable citizens," he said. At that press conference, the first by the White House's coronavirus task force in two months, the vice presidentmasks even when directly asked. He also downplayed the outbreaks — which are so severe that a handful of states are moving to shut down bars and some of their beaches — as localized "hot spots."
Multiple Democratic governors ripped into the administration in interviews on Sunday for insisting that the country is making progress on combating the virus while failing to act on a wave of outbreaks.
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