Coronavirus scams. At 9 00 a. M. , middle State University professor Sidney Mcphee discusses Higher Education during the pandemic and his participation in good morning, its friday, july 17, 2020. We begin today on the issue of requiring face masks be worn in public. As new coronavirus cases continue to spike around the country, more than half youve u. S. States have made mask use mandatory. Governor of georgia is fighting municipal mass clause in his state, in an effort to continue to allow mask used to be optional. Should mask wearing in public the mandatory . F you think yes, 2027488000 if you think no, 2027488001. If you arent sure, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003 please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good friday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you some headlines about what is happening in states around the country when it comes to mandatory mask laws. This from the denver post this morning. Colorado governor issues statewide mask order as covid19 cases arise. El paso county announces they mask mandates. E to arkansas with his headline arkansas governing governor issuing statewide mask order. Bama with this headline outbreak alabama, all have to wear masks. And the Atlanta Journal constitution, their lead story this morning Governor Brian Kemps administration went to Court Thursday seeking to block atlanta from enacting coronavirus restrictions and requiring masks. State filed a lawsuit challenging Atlanta Mayor the castta mayors it also them is void and unenforceable. The Atlanta Journalconstitution goes on to say the legal complaint filed by the governor in Fulton County court came one day after kemp signed a statewide order that explicitly banned cities and counties from enforcing mask mandates. Atlanta and a dozen other cities have adopted requirements to filing her from kemp that encourages but does not mandate them. If you want to read more, ajc. Com is where you can go today. This is a map of states around the country. The states in blue, the states that have mandatory mask laws in their states. That is 28 states in addition to the District Of Columbia. This map courtesy of axios this morning on their website. Those states and the District Of Columbia with some form of mask mandate, as new infections surge across the country. Some of those orders are going back months into april and may. The latest ones coming out of colorado and alabama and arkansas, as we show you. Asking you to call in this money, asking you, should mask wearing in pump this morning, asking you, should mask wearing in public be mandatory . In a webcast, talking about universal mask wearing and what it would do when it comes to the coronavirus. That iflly do believe the American Public embraced masking now, and we did it rigorously, maybe more like the german citizens. The germans saying everyone isolate, i think they got a lot of cooperation. Probablyly isolated, had less than half of the American Public to do it. If we could get everybody to wear a mask right now, i think in four to six weeks, we could bring this epidemic under control. Host the journal of the American Medical Association there with that med cap that webcast with Robert Redfield. Think027488000 if you wearing a mask in public should be mandatory. Call 2027488001 if you think it should not be mandatory. 2027488002 if you are unsure. Terrence is up first from maryland, on the line for people who say yes. Good morning. Caller good morning. I put myself down as saying we should not be Wearing Masks outside. Mainly because we have to buy them. Based on everything we have been told, the cdc has even been telling us to make masks out of shirts. If you have a shirt come you dont even have to cut up the shirt. You can literally just wear a shirt over your nose and mouth and your chin, and you will be more protected than Anyone Running around mask less because they feel they cannot afford a mask. Worst case scenario, they literally just dont want to wear it, you have discomfort i am uncomfortable with mine, too. There are times when i will not leave the house because it is too hot and i cannot wear the mask all the time. But if i know i am going to be around people, i have tshirt in my car and at my office, and i can keep those and put my chin and my mouth and my nose under them. And i am doing with the cdc recommended. And i dont have to pay money for a bunch of masks. Do you think this is the new normal . Caller until we get a vaccine that works, and it will be years until we find a vaccine that works well. People in japan and overseas for years were a mask before corona. It was just the right thing to do. To be kind and compassionate to those people around us. It was not a sign of weakness for those people. They did it because they felt it was the right thing to do and they were told it was the right thing to do. Maybe a few decades ago in america that was enough. America doesnt believe in being compassionate. Host this is richard out of minneapolis on the line for those who say no. Good morning. Why no . Caller let me see, why no . Our local minard station store here in minneapolis, they require wine when you go in the store. But i think nobody they require one when you go in the store. But i think no because the governor said no more than 10 to 25 people in a group at one time. And the mayor in town said everybody had to wear a mask. But the rioters took over and they did not wear a mask. They grab they gathered in groups greater than 25, so i want things to be equal. We should not be required to wear masks if the riders dont have to. If the rioters dont have to. That is my thought i guess. Host tony on the line for those who say no. Good morning. Why no . Good morning, john. Where i live, 99 of the time when i leave my house, i dont come within six feet of anyone. It is almost like a rural area so it is ridiculous to have to wear a mask under those circumstances. However, until they open up the beauty salons, some of these women should be wearing paper basques on their head. Host we will go to philip in brooklyn on the line for those who say yes. Go ahead. Caller good morning. People should wear a mask. I have been sick with covid for over a month. Ing that time, i had during that time, i had diarrhea 12 to 15 times a day. Dehydration sent me home, said i was negative, then two weeks later they set i was positive. A nurse came to me, the head nurse in the emergency room said to me, i can see the fever all over your body and you might die , but you might not die tonight. But you will not die tonight. I got you. After 10 days in the hospital, they gave me remdesivir as an experiment, and i signed a lot of papers, and now i am home and i have a visiting nurse and i have physical therapist and i am trying to my brain is still cloudy. So, yes, people should wear a mask. And my wife had covid while i was in the hospital. So people should wear a mask. Host thanks for talking about your experience in brooklyn. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealing yesterday, his National Mask of america campaign, featuring a series of how the Washington Times describes as a starstudded Public Service announcement directed by oscarwinning filmmaker kathryn bigelow. The campaign will include a series of eight tv psas, the first two of which feature Morgan Freeman and jeffrey wright, released on thursday. Here is the one with Morgan Freeman. Morgan i may never have met you. We dont go way back. Maybe we would not even be friends if we did. But when you wear a mask, you have my respect. Because your mask doesnt protect you, it protects me. I wear my mask to protect you. Mask up, america. States adork campaign. The Washington Times noting that other psas are set to come out of new york including robert deniro, jamie foxx, rosie perez, and ellen pompeo. Look for those in the coming days and weeks. Jay is in naples, florida, the line for saying that masks in public should not be mandatory. Caller yes. I came across a publication or a aap s, the the Association Americans physicians and surgeons. It was from june 1 and it has the topic of face masks and they did major research. People can look it up and make their own decision. They talk about the size of the 0. 125, and the mass, 0. 3, itm 95, close to talks about the dangers of wearing a mask for your health and breathing, and it also has a clothf all the different masks and scarves and the general mask of a is 38 , handkerchiefs are 2 . It is a real nice publication, so it might be informative for people to look at and make a decision from there. Host did you listen to the cdc directors comments from a few minutes ago . That we would get this under control in four to eight weeks if we wear a mask . Caller i understand that, but we get so many contradictions. Doing research, i like to get on there and i research. I dont know, im not a doctor, i dont know anything about it, but the physicians and surgeons, aaps, they did research and they publish this. So the information is there. More from the cdc director, Robert Redfield come of the White House Coronavirus task force, from the interview that he did earlier this week. Masking is not a political issue, it is a Public Health issue. It really is a personal responsibility for all of us. Know, heartened to see more and more people now i am glad to see the president wear a mask this weekend, the Vice President. Clearly in that situation they can easily justify that they dont need to because all of the testing around them, but we need to set an example. This is not a political issue, this is i always say that we are not defenseless against the virus. We have powerful weapon our Face Coverings, something as simple as a simple Face Covering like this or a simple mask like reallyashing hands, and being smart about social distancing. If we all rigorously did this, we could bring this outbreak be ano where it needs to shutdown transmission. I could not agree with you more, it is very saddening to see some of these Public Health issues become so politicized. Dr. Robert redfield earlier this week. Steve is into a peek at kansas into a peek in topeka, kansas. Caller yes, good morning. It is about 6 15 in the central plains. I really need to wear a mask. We have a package of masks, so we have a variety of masks to choose from each morning. , kansas is one of those that has some sort of requirement. She is leading the country because she was the first one last spring to close the schools , and she has already closed the schools through labor day. No schools will open before labor day. Ruleurprised she did not later than that because you have to make a choice now. You cannot make a choice the week before. Mask im looking out looking at right now, i had custom made at a shop here in topeka. It says personal freedom or social response ability. On the other side it says, that is basically her thoughts. On the other side, my choice. With an explanation mark with an exclamation mark and a question mark. You dont know. One quick comment, because you have a lot of people holding. Facetiously, everybody should wear a catchers masks. Is baseball season. Im being facetious, but it is almost like, one more quick point before we have to go. It is like the civil war. Has been like that since it is like between the north and the south. Host have you had a bad reaction from anyone for wearing the mask . I am sort of a facetious type of guy. Just last night down the street, we had road rage. Somebody was shot at. Because of that, it increased the security at my house. So it is dangerous, right . It is personal freedom versus social responsibility. That is what my mask says. I will let you go. Host thanks for setting your alarm to get up with us on washington journal. Cnns wrap up of mask orders around the country. Kansas, their mandatory mass order, as of july 3, the executive order coming from governor laura kelly. The governor commenting on facebook saying july 3, i will issue an executive order requiring max be worn in indoor public spaces, and at any outdoor gathering where social distancing cannot be maintained. This will keep kansans healthy and keep kansas open for business. New jersey, the line for those who say yes, it should be mandatory. Go ahead. Caller hi, john. Its only common sense. We are in a healt emergency. It is an altars digester showing that one cares about others. I could not believe it. Is a gesture showing that one cares about others. I could not believe it. Serving me were not wearing a mask, they were holding it around her neck. I can ask were not wearing it, yet they had signs in their shops saying that is their policy. I was shocked. Host it has been about 2. 5 months of masks mandates in your state of new jersey, one of the earliest ones to begin to adopt those mandates. So is it the exception when people are not Wearing Masks . Is it unusual at this point . Caller i would have to say it would be the exception. Host so people are wearing them . Caller yes. If i am at a food store or whatever and i see one of the stockers not wearing it, i will, you know, for lack of a better word, shame them or make them feel guilty as to why they are not wearing it. Host what do they say to you when you do that . Guilt, andy show then they put it on. Guy, 250 pounds, so i think they are also intimidated by me as well, probably. Phoenix,k is next in arizona, for those who say masks should not be mandated for use in public. Go ahead. Caller thank you for letting me talk. There are a lot of studies that show in conducting the research, it is misleading people to believe there is more going on than there is. So host so, what, mark . What is your point . Caller just that there are a lot of cases out there that are being reported. There is a lot going on, you know. Onlinebers that you find , they are not accurate. Host you dont believe the case numbers in the country . Caller correct. I think it is worth mentioning that their methods have misled people. Host mark, who do you believe . Do you trust her governor, doug ducey . Do you trust your governor, doug ducey . I think hes doing the best he can. Host here is the governor talking about the need for masks in arizona. [video clip] positive personal actions and taking response ability for what happens will make a difference with better results. So we want to press on, stay the course, and do more of this. There can be no letting up. If youve we have if we have evidence from the last two weeks, it is what we have seen from these results. I have asked for your help. People have responded. I am grateful. What youre doing is saving lives, protecting people, and a load, alightning heavy load for our healthcare workers. , a heavying a load load for healthcare workers. This is making a real difference, and like i said, we are seeing nearly 90 of our state that is doing this with wide compliance. The state, in addition to asking people to mask up and advocating come is funding psas around the reason to do it, and providing and ensuring access to masks for vulnerable arizonans. Nonmedicale free cloth masks for arizonans who are 65 or older, or medically vulnerable, starting tomorrow. So if you need a mask or want a mask, you can visit azhealth. Gov ordermasks to submit the order. The state will also work with licensed care facilities to provide direct shipments to meet the needs of their residents in these categories. [end video clip] host Arizona Governor ducey yesterday. 13 innes from ko l arizona. Mixed messages doctors say there needs to be a statewide mandate for masks in arizona. Of niagararles out falls, new york. You are next. Good morning. Charles, are you with us . Then we will go to tim in griffith, indiana. Good morning. Caller good morning. I absolutely think the masks are necessary. I am in a part of indiana where we are one of the hotspots in indiana. Actually, i think what people are not realizing is that if you are hospitalized and live through it, you are going to wind up probably having to file bankruptcy because the bills are going to be so outrageous you know, with a lotta foreclosures. The vulture capitalists are going to swoop up your property and assets, and actually, even if you dont live through it, they are going to come after your assets if you died in the hospital, because somebodys got to pay the bills. If everybodythat wore a mask, like the scientists and doctors have said, and a lot of people will live. And flat 62 years old, on my back disabled, and pray to god that my brother, a First Responder he is my caretaker, too doesnt bring it home to me. Host in indiana this morning, here are the numbers of new coronavirus cases, and the numbers of deaths in the United States as of yesterday. Reported across the United States just yesterday. The death toll who the death total at 927 deaths yesterday. You can see those charts daily posted in the Washington Post next to each other. Tweets from members of congress on the issue, first with independent justin amash from michigan. His tweet yesterday saying, what happened to support for local decisionmaking . State governments should neither mandate mask wearing or prohibit local areas from Wearing Masks. Yesterday the evidence clear, masks work. Mandatea statewide mask. The congressman from arizona. And one more, the senator from california, dianne feinstein, saying Wearing Masks in public should be mandatory. When the sena