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As virus rises in the Dakotas, freedom argument trumps masks

by Associated Press
| September 12, 2020 8:03 AM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Coronavirus infections in the Dakotas are growing faster than anywhere else in the nation, fueling impassioned debates over masks, personal responsibility and freedom after months in which the two states avoided the worst of the pandemic.

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