Schwarzenegger: Anyone who politicizes coronavirus masks is "an absolute moron"

• Newsom's order came the same day the state saw its biggest increase in new cases, with 4,084 new confirmed infections.
• Schwarzenegger, a Republican, said the order was "100% the right move." He added, "This will help us beat this terrible virus. The science is unanimous — if we all wear masks, we slow down the spread and can reopen safely."

The bottom line: A recent study in Health Affairs indicated that some states' mandates for wearing masks in public may have prevented hundreds of thousands of cases.