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As pandemic worsens, most U.S. states resist restrictions

In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo, Grace Mathre, server at Longfellow Grill, checks on University of St. Thomas students Lundsey Schulz and Maren Daggett in Minneapolis.
Associated Press
By J. WATSON and T. TANG ic and Republican leaders quish the threat. The most state climbed to an aver- sition to a statewide mask
Associated Press are signaling their opposi- notable change of tune age of 16,000 a day and mandate or the closing of
PHOENIX (AP) — As the U.S. tion to forced closings and came from New York Gov. deaths reached about 170 bars, gyms and restaurant
goes through the most le- other measures. Andrew Cuomo, a Demo- per day. Theaters remain dining despite repeated
thal phase of the coronavi- Some have expressed fear crat, who imposed a tough closed and there is no in- calls from hospital leaders
rus outbreak yet, governors of compounding the heavy shutdown last spring as the door dining in New York to take such steps.
and local officials in hard- economic damage inflict- state became the epicent- City, but Cuomo said Tues- "If we're really all in this to-
hit parts of the country are ed by the outbreak.. Some er of the U.S. outbreak. day that if a system of rapid gether, then we have to
showing little willingness to see little patience among "We simply cannot stay virus tests could be devel- appreciate that for many
impose any new restrictions their constituents for more closed until the vaccine oped, it could allow those families 'lockdown' doesn't
on businesses to stop the restrictions 10 months into hits critical mass. The cost things to return more safely. spell inconvenience; it
spread. And unlike in 2020, the crisis. And some seem is too high. We will have In Arizona, where the pan- spells catastrophe," Ducey
when the debate over to be focused more on nothing left to open," Cuo- demic is raging, Republi- said.
lockdowns often split along the rollout of the vaccines mo said this week as con- can Gov. Doug Ducey has
party lines, both Democrat- that could eventually van- firmed infections in the been steadfast in his oppo- Continued on Page 2