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Trump Says Wearing Masks to Combat Coronavirus Is a ‘Voluntary’ Health Measure and He Won’t Wear One

COVER FOR THE CURE

Some in the administration feared that an announcement recommending that all Americans wear masks would open them up to accusations that they got it wrong at the onset.

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