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SD Senator Mike Rounds Encourages Use of Face Masks

SD Senator Mike Rounds Encourages Use of Face Masks

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With coronavirus cases spiking across the country, health officials continue to say wearing facemasks is one solution to limiting the spread.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says he is now wearing a mask whenever he is around other people..

Rounds says it’s not a big sacrifice….

Rounds says he wants to be extra careful since his wife Jean is still recovering from a bout with cancer.

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