Gov. Phil Murphy says one of the ways the U.S. could make great strides against coronavirus would be for all 50 states to put in place a masking policy.

“I think the science and the data and the facts are unequivocal,” says Gov. Murphy. “It used to be, in fact, up until a few weeks ago that the science said by doing so, you're protecting others. The science now says it works both ways, and I think as we've called for a number of weeks, if we had a national masking policy, I think we could accelerate dramatically driving this virus into the ground.”

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The governor continued to say, “It's been a big weapon for us in New Jersey, but as a nation, we're only as strong as our weakest link, to have a national strategy, I think would be a game changer.”

New Jersey is one of 34 states with a mask policy.