Fauci Says Local Governments Should Issue Mask Mandates

“I’m strongly in favor of mandating things,” Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious-disease expert, says on a Facebook Live event with Sen. Doug Jones, a Democrat from Alabama.

• Fauci says he’s not a fan of being authoritative from the federal government but he supports local governments mandating masks
• “If you do that, I think it’ll be a giant step towards interfering with the spread in the community”

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