Face masks make a political statement in era of coronavirus

by WILL WEISSERT and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

Thu, May 7th 2020, 11:58 AM UTC

A man wears a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as he walks past an art installation outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The District of Columbia is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

President Donald Trump speaks with news anchor Bret Baier during a Virtual Town Hall inside of the Lincoln Memorial on May 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images)

Vice President Mike Pence, center, visits Dennis Nelson, a patient who survived the coronavirus and was going to give blood, during a tour of the Mayo Clinic Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Rochester, Minn., as he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. Pence chose not to wear a face mask while touring the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. It's an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical center's policy requiring them. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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A man wears a face mask to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus as he walks past an art installation outside the National Gallery of Art in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. The District of Columbia is under a stay-home order for all residents in an effort to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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