The Biden-Harris meeting with the governors focused on the battle to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which has surged again across the nation in recent weeks with spike in new cases. The nation passed a grim milestone Wednesday, topping a quarter of a million COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic swept the country in February and March.
Biden said that an “implementation of a national mask mandate” was discussed. “It’s not a political statement. It’s a patriotic duty.”
