What seat-belt laws can teach us about mask mandates

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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AIwTbW4fCSg2K4tqQYhd6LA">Atlantic</a> explains the implications of news that the U.S. hit a record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations this week. And the <a href="https://apple.news/A2W-kMSWVQ369nQiNt2rayg">Wall Street Journal</a> reports that hospitals in rural areas are particularly overwhelmed.</p> <p>The mayor of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, recently cast a decisive vote during a city council meeting against the implementation of a mask mandate, even though he has urged residents to wear masks in the past. The <a href="https://apple.news/AhdAFo-N7QuimSpFbDcz97w">Washington Post</a> has the story. And the medical publication <a href="https://apple.news/Anis9pl-UQkyFKGlJOQd5yw">Stat</a> says masks have become the new seat belts.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ATGjTTfj0RqmsPiRZf7w_xQ">CNN</a> has a profile of the husband and wife behind Pfizer&rsquo;s COVID-19 vaccine candidate.</p>