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appalachiablue

(41,055 posts)
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 01:11 AM Nov 2020

North Dakota Orders Mask Mandate, Business Restrictions

Source: Washington Post

BISMARCK, N.D. -- North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum ordered a statewide mask mandate and imposed several business restrictions late Friday in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus that has stressed the state's hospital capacity.

The Republican governor's executive order comes after increased pressure from doctors, nurses and other health care professionals to require face coverings. The directive goes into effect Saturday and will last until Dec. 13. Burgum said in a statement that doctors and nurses "need our help, and they need it now."

The mandate requires residents to wear face coverings in indoor businesses and indoor public settings, as well as outdoor public settings where physical distancing isn't possible. The order also includes exceptions for children under age 5, individuals with a medical or mental health condition or disability that makes it unreasonable to wear a mask, and religious services.

Failure to comply with the mandate is an infraction, with a penalty of up to $1,000, though it's not clear how the order will be enforced.

Burgum also directed all bars, restaurants to limit capacity to 50%, and closed all in-person service between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. Large-scale venues also are limited to 25% capacity. Playoff championship contests and performance events sponsored by the North Dakota High School Activities Association during the month of November may continue, under the order. But all high school winter sports and other extracurricular K-12 school activities are suspended until Dec. 14...

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/north-dakota-orders-mask-mandate-business-restrictions/2020/11/13/dfac4244-2634-11eb-9c4a-0dc6242c4814_story.html



The pause in school activities will help keep them open to in-person instruction, Burgum said.

The governor's order comes after the state reached a grim new milestone on Friday, as its COVID-19 death toll eclipsed the 700 mark, rising by 10 to 707, according to state health data.

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North Dakota Orders Mask Mandate, Business Restrictions (Original Post) appalachiablue Nov 2020 OP
Kinda late. Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #1
Agreed. Like locking the barn door after the horse was stolen. olegramps Nov 2020 #11
Same here! Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #12
Wish our Rebl2 Nov 2020 #18
Better late than never. Steelrolled Nov 2020 #23
For a hoax that went away on November 3rd? What's up with that?? 33taw Nov 2020 #2
Probably because doctors and hospitals get extra money for each covid case rpannier Nov 2020 #5
Trump assured us virus would go away the day after the election, Nov 4 kiri Nov 2020 #22
About time uppityperson Nov 2020 #3
North Dakota has been #1 state for months for highest daily new cases per capita , progree Nov 2020 #4
Wow! Sherman A1 Nov 2020 #6
No kidding. That's the Wild Wild West right now. underpants Nov 2020 #9
"Americans Will Always Do the Right Thing -- After Exhausting All the Alternatives." sop Nov 2020 #7
Heard this early this morning on my local news radio station BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #8
The doctors will have to medicate imbecile Kristi Noem to get an order in SD Yeehah Nov 2020 #10
As you said, MyOwnPeace Nov 2020 #14
And as the horse's ass disappears over the horizon, sarge43 Nov 2020 #13
After the boat is under water, the captain orders the crew to start bailing. apnu Nov 2020 #15
Yep. As others have stated so well.... paleotn Nov 2020 #16
Worship at home, dumbasses. theaocp Nov 2020 #17
COVID is the rapture IronLionZion Nov 2020 #19
Covid is running wild and unstoppable now Roc2020 Nov 2020 #20
Way too late. ND is screwed. MineralMan Nov 2020 #21

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
11. Agreed. Like locking the barn door after the horse was stolen.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 08:39 AM
Nov 2020

The situation is in my estimation criminal. Those in control have chosen to obey a madman and placed millions in jeopardy that has resulted in over 240,000 deaths. I resent and despise them to the depths of my being.

Rhiannon12866

(203,036 posts)
12. Same here!
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 08:44 AM
Nov 2020

The news is out there and we know what to do to keep us safe - but they choose to ignore any and all experts to follow Trump over his cliff!

Rebl2

(13,311 posts)
18. Wish our
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 11:56 AM
Nov 2020

governor in Missouri would have a mask mandate. He just says people should act responsibly and wear a mask. Apparently he didn’t follow his own advice and he got Covid late September. Some of our counties have mask mandates though and at least he doesn’t interfere with that.

rpannier

(24,304 posts)
5. Probably because doctors and hospitals get extra money for each covid case
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:21 AM
Nov 2020

So it's an incentive to fudge the statistics
At least that's what Joni Ernst of Iowa said

kiri

(786 posts)
22. Trump assured us virus would go away the day after the election, Nov 4
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 03:31 PM
Nov 2020

Sorry, you don't have it right. Trump assured us that the virus would go away the day after the election, Nov 4; it would just disappear. The Dems would just stop the hoax.

Sadly, Trump may have misunderestimated. The virus hoax will now end Nov 16, at 2 PM.

progree

(10,864 posts)
4. North Dakota has been #1 state for months for highest daily new cases per capita ,
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 05:11 AM
Nov 2020

7 day moving average
https://covidactnow.org/?s=1318327

Just in case some aren't aware of that rather dubious distinction.

So am glad to hear that they are doing something at long last.

Their test positivity rate is 19.8% is very high (which is bad news). Anything over 5% is considered quite serious in normal places.

Their testing rate is a very high 10.8 per 1,000 population per day (that's good) ( https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/tracker/overview ).

According to the above link, the test positivity rate is 16.2%. This page has a glitch: there's a panel on the right titled "About this Page" that hides the test positivity rate column. There's a big " (X) " for close at the upper right, but it's not working. So one must expand the page to full screen to see the test positivity rate column. (Or try changing the zoom level of your browser to zoom out a bit)

underpants

(182,280 posts)
9. No kidding. That's the Wild Wild West right now.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 07:59 AM
Nov 2020

People piling in for good GOOD money jobs in oil gas fracking etc as I understand it.

sop

(9,946 posts)
7. "Americans Will Always Do the Right Thing -- After Exhausting All the Alternatives."
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 07:26 AM
Nov 2020

(quote attributed to Winston Churchill)

BumRushDaShow

(127,318 posts)
8. Heard this early this morning on my local news radio station
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 07:49 AM
Nov 2020

and nearly fainted. It's a shame that I would have had to "nearly faint".

Yeehah

(4,524 posts)
10. The doctors will have to medicate imbecile Kristi Noem to get an order in SD
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 08:36 AM
Nov 2020

Noem is completely vapid and does nothing but recite idiotic talking points.

It's mind-boggling that voters pull levers for clearly incompetent candidates like Noem, et al.

MyOwnPeace

(16,888 posts)
14. As you said,
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:09 AM
Nov 2020
"It's mind-boggling that voters pull levers for clearly incompetent candidates like Noem, et al."

Just think about those 70 million from last week!

paleotn

(17,781 posts)
16. Yep. As others have stated so well....
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 10:24 AM
Nov 2020

Day late and a dollar short, you fucking moron. Freedum? Freedum to do what? Die? Geeez.

theaocp

(4,223 posts)
17. Worship at home, dumbasses.
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 10:58 AM
Nov 2020
The order also includes exceptions for children under age 5, individuals with a medical or mental health condition or disability that makes it unreasonable to wear a mask, and religious services.


Did I miss something? So, no mask needed in church, which is one of the worst places to be during the pandemic?

Roc2020

(1,604 posts)
20. Covid is running wild and unstoppable now
Sat Nov 14, 2020, 02:00 PM
Nov 2020

It's up to each person to protect themselves. Trump screwed up too bad.

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