It’s too late for masks alone to turn the tide on coronavirus. Why the U.S. needs to lock down hotspots right away.

Masks are necessary to combat America’s resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Patterns that have emerged in countries that are faring much better than the United States suggest we won’t bring the virus to heel until we start locking down hotspots as well. On Wednesday, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tweeted the following: “I believe if everyone, including #Millenials and #GenZ, wear[s] a cloth face covering for the next 4 to 6 weeks, we can get the #COVID19 epidemic under control.”

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