Tldr; Experts said all wear masks in March. First state mandate to wear masks in April.
@Buy1Sell2
So I'll continue to wait for
@CaptainObvious or his representative to explain exactly what is this "power" that Dems are grabbing, and how the Dems politicized masks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_...owards_using_masks_to_reduce_spread_by_wearer
"In late-March 2020, some government officials began to focus on the wearing of masks to help prevent transmission of COVID-19 as opposed to protecting the wearer; Commissioner of Food and Drugs Scott Gottlieb stated in a report that face masks would be "most effective" at slowing its spread if widely used (citing Hong Kong and South Korea as examples), as "they may help prevent people who are asymptomatically infected from transmitting the disease unknowingly".[23]
On March 30, Director of the CDC Robert R. Redfield stated that the organization was evaluating data regarding use of masks by the general public. The next day, President Donald Trump suggested in a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing that scarves or "something else" could be worn as face coverings. COVID-19 response coordinator Deborah Birx stated that the task force was discussing the addition of face masks to its guidance.[23]
On April 3, 2020, the CDC issued guidance recommending that non-medical face coverings be worn in public when social distancing is difficult to maintain, such as at grocery stores and pharmacies, and especially in areas with significant amounts of community transmission.[28][29] The CDC published tutorials on making non-medical face masks, including a design only requiring a t-shirt and rubber bands, and no sewing.[1][23]"
https://bestlifeonline.com/first-states-mandate-masks/
"In response to a spiking number of coronavirus cases, many states have begun mandating face masks in public spaces. But while face masks are now required in 16 states,
some states were ahead of the curve, putting laws on the books as early as the beginning of April. We're checking in on the five states who were quick to mandate face coverings to see where their coronavirus numbers currently stand."