Cedar Rapids Gazette: Face masks should be required in public for everyone in 47 Iowa counties — nearly half the state’s 99 counties — where the new coronavirus is spreading at higher rates, and bars and gyms should be closed and social gatherings limited to 10 people in five of those counties, according to a White House Coronavirus Task Force document that was prepared in detail but never published. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has recommended Iowans wear masks in public, but has not required it and has not permitted local governments to create their own mask requirements or other pandemic response strategies. She also has allowed Iowa bars and gyms to open at full capacity with social distancing measures in place.