How Mask Mandates Were Beaten Down in Rural Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, where the state government is currently implementing one of the country’s fastest reopening plans, local leaders have found themselves caught between state politics, economic imperatives, and a clear scientific consensus.
Photographer: Joseph Rushmore
Publisher: The New Yorker
Format: Digital
Date: 2020/05/27
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Oklahoma’s state government is currently implementing one of the country’s fastest reopening plans. By early June, many businesses could be operating near normal capacity. Photograph by Joseph Rushmore for The New YorkerSteve Gentling, the mayor of Guthrie, Oklahoma, voted in favor of keeping the town’s mask ordinance. “We’re not over this by a long stretch.” Photograph by Joseph Rushmore for The New Yorker