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When Kathryn Watkins goes shopping these days, she doesn’t bring her three young children. There are just too many people not wearing masks in her southern Michigan town of Hillsdale.
At some stores, “not even the employees are wearing them anymore,” said Watkins, who estimates about 30% of shoppers wear masks, down from around 70% earlier in the pandemic. “There’s a complete disregard for the very real fact that they could wind up infecting someone.”
Her state tops the nation by far in the rate of new COVID-19 cases, a sharp upward trajectory that has more than
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When Kathryn Watkins goes shopping these days, she doesn’t bring her three young children. There are just too many people not wearing masks in her southern Michigan town of Hillsdale.
At some stores, “not even the employees are wearing them anymore,” said Watkins, who estimates about 30% of shoppers wear masks, down from around 70% earlier in the pandemic. “There’s a complete disregard for the very real fact that they could wind up infecting someone.”
Her state tops the nation by far in the rate of new COVID cases, a sharp upward trajectory that has more than two dozen hospitals in the state nearing 90% capacity.
Michigan Outbreak Bolsters Fear That Conservative Outposts Will Prolong Pandemic
Medical staff watch and advise walk-in patients who received their COVID-19 vaccination at a pop-up clinic at Western International High School on April 12, 2021, in Detroit, Michigan.
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When Kathryn Watkins goes shopping these days, she doesnât bring her three young children. There are just too many people not wearing masks in her southern Michigan town of Hillsdale.
At some stores, ânot even the employees are wearing them anymore,â said Watkins, who estimates about 30% of shoppers wear masks, down from around 70% earlier in the pandemic. âThereâs a complete disregard for the very real fact that they could wind up infecting someone.â
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