President-elect Biden expected to call on governors to implement mask mandate
Will a mandate work? Rep. Michael Burgess gives his take on 'Fox & Friends First.'
A New York Times reporter had a blunt message for her followers on Wednesday.
"My parents have not met my baby, I haven’t been home in a year, and I just canceled our planned tiny Thanksgiving," tweeted White House correspondent Katie Rogers. "Wear a f-----g mask."
Her tweet came amid a broader debate over whether people should be forced to wear masks as the U.S. wrestled with the coronavirus.
BIDEN WANTS MASK MANDATE IN EVERY STATE TO FIGHT CORONAVIRUS -- BUT THESE GOVERNORS WON'T COMMIT
The U.S. has recorded over 240,000 deaths and more than 10.3 million confirmed infections, with new cases soaring to all-time highs of well over 120,000 per day over the past week.
Cases per day are on the rise in 49 states, and deaths per day are climbing in 39. A month ago, the U.S. was seeing about 730 COVID-19 deaths per day on average; that has now surpassed 970.
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President-elect Joe Biden drew backlash Monday when he proposed working with state and local leaders to enact a nationwide mask mandate. But as Fox News reported on Wednesday, some state leaders are already indicating they won't comply.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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