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Zorro

(15,691 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 10:43 PM Jun 2020

Mayor Jane Castor announces mandatory mask order for Tampa

Saying that the community needs leadership, Mayor Jane Castor announced Thursday, in the midst of a county discussion on a mandatory mask policy, that she would order Tampa residents to wear masks.

“If we wear masks, we can put an end to this spread. That is the bottom line,” Castor said at Hillsborough County’s Emergency Policy Group meeting.

The order will take effect at 5 p.m. Friday and apply to all indoor locations outside the home when residents are unable to maintain a six-foot separation from others, Castor later added during a Facebook Live appearance.

The order would be enforced in the last resort with a civil citation. Children under 2 would be exempt. And the city would provide masks to whoever needs one, she said.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/06/18/mayor-jane-castor-announces-mandatory-mask-order-for-tampa/

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Mayor Jane Castor announces mandatory mask order for Tampa (Original Post) Zorro Jun 2020 OP
About time soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
Good! Re-opening doesn't mean the pandemic is over. Beartracks Jun 2020 #2
Good for her! Thekaspervote Jun 2020 #3

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
2. Good! Re-opening doesn't mean the pandemic is over.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 11:13 PM
Jun 2020

I think it's pretty stupid to re-open a hotspot but leave masks as optional. That's just asking for a resurgence, because you know --absolutely know -- that way too many people are simply not going to wear them despite all pleas and common sense.

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