Drew: To Mask or Not to Mask?

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Drew: To Mask or Not to Mask?

By Samuetta Hill Drew As the Coronavirus COVID – 19 continues to rapidly spread throughout parts of our country at increasingly higher rates this summer and in increasingly wider age populations, many government officials have implemented a mandatory face covering/mask order for citizens in open public spaces. Most of the government-initiated health orders about mandatory []

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