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Mary Sanchez: A face mask is science, not a political statement

What if a calculable cost could be shown—in terms of hospital bills and lives lost—for a person’s refusal to wear a face mask to keep from spreading the coronavirus?

Like a chart or a few handy stats that could be whipped out to address those disinterested in keeping 6 feet of distance between themselves and a stranger?

There is such a gauge.

A Big Cities Health Coalition study recently looked at major

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