Birx Says States Mandating Masks Can Change the Course of the Pandemic

Deborah Birx, the U.S. coronavirus response coordinator, praised governors who have mandated masks in their states despite President Donald Trump‘s resistance to them.

“I want to really applaud the governors who’ve taken decisive action to really mandate masks, increase social distancing, close bars,” Birx said in a Bloomberg Radio interview on Tuesday. “There’s a lot we can do as individual Americans, but there’s a lot we can do at the state and local and federal level to support that response and change the course of this pandemic.”