A small town dragged its feet on COVID-19 mask mandates, and residents pay the price
In communities where mask-wearing has become a political inflection point, the toll of the virus has surpassed the dark spring in America s cities.
Andrea Ball, Jayme Fraser and Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY
Published
9:50 pm UTC Dec. 20, 2020
DODGE CITY, Kan. – In the midst of a worsening pandemic, as coronavirus cases climbed, elected leaders in a former frontier town famous for its gunfights faced a choice.
They could pass a mask mandate at the urging of health experts or reject the measure blasted by some as a violation of their personal freedoms.