Beshear to step up enforcement of mask mandate, says more would obey it if Trump wore one,

Beshear to step up enforcement of mask mandate, says more would obey it if Trump wore one, criticizes the president's tweet.


In response to an escalation in coronavirus case numbers, Gov. Andy Beshear and his health commissioner escalated their pleas for Kentuckians to stop it.

"If current trends continue it will be a difficult fall and a difficult winter, but I believe that we have the opportunity to improve our situation," Beshear said at his daily briefing. "One of the big ways we do that is wearing a mask."

Later, he mixed the practical with the philosophical: "Now's our test, a test of values, a test of faith. Are we willing to live for other people? Wearing a mask is inconvenient at most. Are we willing to accept inconvenience to protect life, to protect our economy and to get our kids in school? That's our choice.

"Or are we willing to say that we shouldn't have to go through any inconvenience and because we don't see people suffering from covid because they're either in their home or in the hospital. that we're not going to respond appropriately?"

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(Frankfort State-Journal)