At the heart of dismal U.S. coronavirus response, a fraught relationship with masks The public health policy case was apparently stronger than leadership was willing to admit or accept, and in the beginning, they gave the wrong advice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/at-the-heart-of-dismal-us-coronavirus-response-a-fraught-relationship-with-masks/2020/07/28/f47eccd0-cde4-11ea-bc6a-6841b28d9093_story.html