Alabama extends mask order through Dec. 11; some restrictions eased

AL dot Com ^ | Updated 11:21 AM; Today 9:53 AM

[Jemian]

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey asks citizens to continue wearing masks and use social distancing during a coronavirus update in the state capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday June 29, 2020. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)AP

Alabama is extending its mask order through Friday, Dec. 11 at 5 p.m., Gov. Kay Ivey announced today.

Ivey announced there were some changes to the state’s “Safer at Home” order first announced in July as the state battles the coronavirus pandemic.

“I said from the beginning you cannot have a life without a livelihood,” Ivey said, adding businesses could resume “normal operations” as to the number of customers allowed in a location. “Simply put this should be welcome news as we come to the upcoming holiday season.”

The new amended order:

• Removes emergency occupan...

[Jemian]

I really despise MeeMaw.

[Jemian]

Ping to the State list. We need to recall this witch.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Amen.

[Mathews]

There she goes again... You’d think she’d lighten up now that she knows Doug Jones’ thumb is off her.

[Boardwalk]

At midnight tonight massachusetts has a curfew from 10 pm to 5 pm and mask mandate for outdoors even with social distancing. Idiot rino governor!

[gov_bean_ counter]

As do I.

[citizen]

A frail old, scared woman. Probavly voted for frail old, scared Biden.

[salmon76]

I’m not happy about it at all, but MeeMaw did make sure our state election went smooth.

[Boardwalk]

10 pm to 5 am...cause that virus only comes out then?

[jrestrepo]

Lol!

I have already noticed a deceased number of people wearing them right now.

[Mathews]

Did it though? I hear there were a lot of shenanigans over in Mobile and Montgomery.

[DugwayDuke]

jrestrepo wrote: “I have already noticed a deceased number of people wearing them right now.”

Ignoring the mask requirement is becoming more prevalent every day. So is ignoring the social distancing.

[RatRipper]

Listening to her Commie-Rat state health officer. Masks are useless

[null and void]

First hint of any COVID coverage in days. Although I've enjoyed the break, I knew it was too good to last...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

The false positive rate was 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

Quarantine the sick. Protect the vulnerable. Free everyone else.

[Restless]

My mother-in-law’s nursing home has a strict mask mandate along with thorough disinfection procedures, regular Covid testing, and no family visits. Still, in the last couple of weeks, 13 staff and 27 residents have all tested positive. Everyone’s fine so far. Those masks don’t seem to have worked.

[null and void]

I have already noticed a deceased number of people wearing them right now.

A deceased number of people? The dead were voting in person?

Here they usually do it by mail...

[kosciusko51]

I really despise MeeMaw.

Me too.

I was hoping she would let it end. I was hoping to go back to the office, but I will work from home until I don't have to wear a mask.

[DugwayDuke]

Mee Maw ‘asks’?

This isn’t a significant change. Does she really expect businesses to install barriers when she says this will go away soon?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

So, is COVID hysteria on the wane now? Or ramping to new heights? Or we won’t know until the election is final?

[null and void]

I expected it to vanish the day after the election. It may yet...