Although the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the United States for months, Worldometers reported that cases seem to be spiking as rapidly as ever with tens of thousands of new cases developing nationwide on a daily basis.
For that reason, 27 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are now requiring their citizens to wear face masks as a means of reducing the spread of the disease while out in public.
And considering that they're a key source of essentials the public needs to sustain their lives during this pandemic, a growing number of retailers such as Walmart and Costco are implementing their own policies requiring customers to wear masks.
And as we're about to see, that number is getting larger all the time.