Posted on 05/19/2020 7:30:22 PM PDT by usafa92
Even as New Jersey gradually reopens, residents will be asked to wear face coverings and practice social distancing until there’s a vaccine or effective treatment for the coronavirus, Gov. Phil Murphy stressed Tuesday.
“This is the reality,” Murphy said during his daily coronavirus briefing in Trenton. “We’re not mandating you wear a mask, but we are strongly encouraging you to do that, and staying apart from people. I think that’s the new norm.”
Murphy has started scaling back his near-lockdown orders in recent days as signs continue to show the COVID-19 outbreak in New Jersey is slowing and the economy continues to suffer. He has allowed state and county parks to reopen with social-distancing restrictions, permitted nonessential retail businesses to offer curbside pickup, and said beaches, boardwalks, and lakes can be open this summer with guidelines.
Under the governor’s orders, face coverings are required to enter stores and eateries that are open. They are recommended in outdoor areas.
On Monday, Murphy outlined a broader multi-stage reopening plan and said the state is currently in Stage 1. He didn’t provide hard dates for when stages 2 (additional activities allowed, with restrictions) and 3 (most activities allowed, with restrictions) will happen. But he said Stage 2 could happen within weeks if the downward coronavirus trends continue.
Through all of it, Murphy said, residents should wear face masks, practice social distancing, wash hands thoroughly, disinfect workspaces, and limit gatherings. No mass gatherings will be allowed.
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The human body carries more wierd viruses and bacillus than one would care to consider. The lungs are the primary method the healthy body uses to expel these things.
Strapping a rag over your face and continuously rebreathing toxins your body is trying to expel wouldn’t be my first choice, if I was a paranoid health nutter.
‘Wouldn’t it be great if the “new normal” in New Jersey was no Democrats in office for 20 years?’
I will drink to that.
Actually make it - no democrats in office FOREVER?
― Samuel Adams
:)
As do I.
They are laying the groundwork now to have kids masked when they go back to school in the fall.
I wear a mask at work when not at my desk. Anywhere else, I WILL NOT wear a mask, period.
Great to hear!
On the bright side, for you, they are 99.9% viruses and other germs you already have and breathed onto your own mask.
Hypoxia is a concern too. Especially in my case being a bit short of breath already.
I like my O2 and CO2 to flow in their respective directions as freely as possible.
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