CDC Recommends <br />Americans Wear Masks President Donald Trump referred to the <br />updated recommendation from the Centers <br />of Disease Control (CDC) during the daily <br />White House press conference on Friday. The CDC recommends Americans <br />use "non-medical, cloth" masks in public, <br />regardless of whether or not a person feels healthy. Trump stressed that the <br />recommendation is not mandatory. President Trump, via 'The New York Times' According to reports, <br />the Trump White House was <br />divided about both issuing the<br />recommendation and its scope. CDC officials believe that <br />wearing masks in public will mitigate <br />the spread of the coronavirus. As of Monday morning, <br />Johns Hopkins University reports <br />that more than 337,000 Americans have <br />been infected with the coronavirus.
