We didn't have to be this day. If the president had acted just one week earlier, would have saved -- just one week earlier, would have saved 30,000-some lives two weeks earlier. I think it was 51,000 or 57,000 lives. I hope we've learned a lesson. Let's institute a mask mandate nationwide starting immediately, and we will save lives.
Biden emphasizes the importance of acting earlier on the pandemic and calls for a nationwide mask mandate.
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