Idaho county drops mask mandate despite warning of overwhelmed hospital
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Source: CBS News
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. . . But the board voted 4-3 to end the mask mandate. Board members overseeing the operations of Idaho's public health districts are appointed by county commissioners and not required to have any medical experience.
Board member Walt Kirby said he was giving up on the idea of controlling the spread of coronavirus.
"I personally do not care whether anybody wears a mask or not. If they want to be dumb enough to walk around and expose themselves and others, that's fine with me," Kirby said. "Nobody's wearing the damned mask anyway... I'm sitting back and watching them catch it and die. Hopefully I'll live through it."
Another member, Allen Banks, denied COVID-19 exists.
"Something's making these people sick, and I'm pretty sure that it's not coronavirus, so the question that you should be asking is, 'What's making them sick?'" he told the medical professionals who testified.
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Idaho is now sending patients to Washington and Oregon.
Go read the whole thing. Dangerous knuckleheads.
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giving up on the idea of controlling the spread of coronavirus.
"I personally do not care whether anybody wears a mask or not. If they want to be dumb enough to walk around and expose themselves and others, that's fine with me," Kirby said. "Nobody's wearing the damned mask anyway... I'm sitting back and watching them catch it and die. Hopefully I'll live through it."'
