Since the onset of the pandemic, health experts have touted masks as the best way to reduce the spread of COVID-19, but wearing them in public met considerable resistance and was politicized in some places. That was true in Arizona, where Gov. Doug Ducey initially opposed mask mandates sought by local officials. “Until we have a vaccine, masks are the single best defense against the virus,” Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said in November, Joining mayors!

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