Hutchinson, who has encouraged Arkansas residents to wear face masks in public, compared mask wearing and social distancing to buckling up while driving. Asa Hutchinson (R) defended his state’s easing of social distancing restrictions despite its largest single-day increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases coming just a few days ago. “You can be in an automobile and that is very risky, but you can manage the risk by wearing a seatbelt,” he said. It also follows reports of dozens of Arkansas residents spreading the virus at a church and at a high school pool party. “Which raises the question, do you really have the virus under control in Arkansas?” Wallace asked him.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2020 18:00 UTC