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to not wear a mask," Stitt said during Wednesday's news conference, which was held virtually. “You just open up a big can of worms.“A lot of businesses are requiring it, and that’s fine.
I’m just hesitant to mandate something that I think is problematic to enforce," he said.AdvertisementStitt attended President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa last month, which health experts have said likely contributed to a surge in coronavirus cases there.Stitt said he’s confident he didn’t contract the virus at the rally.“As far as where he became infected, it’s really unknown," Oklahoma Health Commissioner Lance Frye.