Should the government require people to wear face masks in public during the COVID pandemic?

Should the federal government require people to wear face masks in public during the COVID pandemic?

In August 2020 Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden stated that, if elected, he would sign executive order requiring people to wear masks in order to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. President Donald Trump stated that he opposed a federal mask mandate and has left it up to the governors of each state to pass their own mandates. The wearing of non-medical face masks was first recommended by the CDC in April 2020 as a supplement to hygiene and physical distancing. This contradicted the U.S. Government’s February 2020 advice which stated that masks did not provide protection against…   COVID-19. Opponents argue that the federal government does not have the constitutional power to impose such a mandate and masks do little to combat the virus since most people do not wear them properly. Proponents argue that a mask mandate would help stop the spread of CV19 and prevent tens of thousands of deaths.