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Beto O'Rourke: “The answer is to have a stay-at-home order until we get that positivity rate... down to where New York is, under 1…”

On the recordAugust 13, 2020
The answer is to have a stay-at-home order until we get that positivity rate... down to where New York is, under 1 percent, then open schools, then open businesses, then get us back to our lives.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke advocates for strict measures to control COVID-19 before reopening.

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