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Palm Beach County ponders lifting mask mandate

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Palm Beach County ponders lifting mask mandate
Palm Beach County ponders lifting mask mandate

Gov.

Ron DeSantis announced the end of COVID-19 emergency orders and that may also mean the end of mask mandates.

STATE OF EMERGENCY IN FLORIDARELATED TO COVID 19 - THEEXECUTIVE ORDER*MA* ALSOMEAN THE END OF MASK MANDATES- W-P-T-V NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'SMATT SCZESNY TELLS US ABOUTTHE MASK ORDERS BEING RELAXE<< DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH &SOME WERE WEARING FACE MASKSAND SOME WERE NOTÃLIKE NOAHFENTONÃ122526“MYSELF BEINGYOUNG AND VACCINATED ANDHEALTHY I DO FEEL COMFORTABLEWITHOUT I” GOVERNOR RONDESANTIS MADE A STRONG PUSHFOR GETTING BACK TO NORMAL &SAYINF FLORIDA IS NO LONGER INA STATE OF EMERGENCY ANDSUSPENDING LOCAL COVIDEMERGENCY ORDERS AND HEALTHRESTRICTIONS LIKELY AFFECTINGANY COUNTY MASK MANDATES.

0030“THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ANDCOUNTY ATTORNEY ARE TRYING TOFIGURE THAT OUT AT THIS VERYMOMENT.

IF WERE A BETTING MANI WOULD SAY THEY WILL PROBABLYACCEPT THE GOVERNOR'SJUDGEMENT AND DROP THEMANDAT” COUNTY COMMISSIONERROBERT WEINROTH SAYS IT MAY BETIME TO LIFT THOSE MASKMANDATES AND LET INDIVIDUALSDECIDE ON THEIR OWN.

THIS PASTWEEKEND PALM BEACH COUNTYEASED MANDATING OUTDOOR MASKWEARING AMONG VACCINATEDPEOPLE.

INFECTIOUS DISEASESPECIALIST DR LARRY BUSH OFWELLINGTON SAYS WITHVACCINATION RATES SLOWING &MASKS MAY STILL BE NEEDED &EVEN IF THE MANDATES GO AWAY.643“I THINK THE DEBATE ONWHETHER MASKS WORK THAT RACEHAS BEEN RUN, MASKS WORK ARETHEY 100 PERCENT PROTECTED OFCOURSE NOT, BUT NOTHING IS,BUT THEY WORK AND NOTINCONVENIENT ITS COMING SENS”AND THERE ARE STILL MANY WHOSAY THEY WILL NOT GIVE UPWEARING A MASK.

122804“NO, ITHINK PEOPLE SHOULD STILL WEARTHE MASK UNTIL THIS ENTIREVIRUS IS UNDER CONTROL” IWPB, MS, WPTV NC5.

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