‘Cowboys for Trump’ founder tells New Mexico residents not to wear face masks

[Andy Meek]

• Everybody at this point is likely aware of the common coronavirus guidelines you have to follow now when you're out in public, like wearing a face mask in stores and on airplanes.
• Face masks are one of the few tools that limit the spread of the disease, along with social distancing.
• Still, face masks have staunch opponents, like one local politician in New Mexico who filmed a video urging residents not to wear face masks -- and insisted that face masks are actually bad for you.

Are any of you out there still wondering why the coronavirus pandemic is as bad as it is and has lasted for as long as it has in the US, while most of the rest of the world seems to have gotten their version of it under control? On Thursday, the US surpassed 4 million confirmed coronavirus cases, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. Earlier this week, even President Trump finally acknowledged what's been obvious to everyone else for a while now: The pandemic "will probably, unfortunately, get worse before it gets better. I don’t like saying that, but that’s the way it is.”

Here's one reason why the pandemic is still getting worse, and aggressively so. You can chalk at least some of it up to a flouting of basic preventive behaviors people can practice, such as wearing face masks. The guidelines from bodies like the CDC around face masks have sparked consternation among misguided people around the country, like the anti-face maskers in Florida who went viral for screaming at local government officials about it. And yet, we actually still have local officials in parts of the country like Couy Griffin, an Otero County Commissioner in New Mexico, who is urging local residents to "take off the mask."

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