In Rural Texas, Skeptics Prevail Even With Virus Mounting
Masks are loathed in small towns while Covid-19 deaths surge
A cowboy cut-out wears a face mask near Lake Whitney, Texas, on Thursday.
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In the vast expanses of rural Texas, coronavirus is creeping in like the dust.
And — like the dust — few pay it much mind.