Posted on 07/27/2021 8:16:49 PM PDT by Ahithophel
CLAYTON, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Only one day after it went into effect, a mask mandate in St. Louis County has been repealed.
The mandate was discussed at Tuesday evening's St. Louis County Council meeting, and many members of the public spoke out, mostly against the mandate. Many speakers said it is an issue of freedom, while one said the mandate could be helpful. "Why weren't we brought into the loop, why didn't we have a chance to have input on this? I represent 142,000 people, the vast majority do not want masks. the vast majority. I represent them and I should be able to have a voice for them," said Councilman Tim Fitch before the meeting.
Councilwoman Lisa Clancy told News 4 before the meeting that a legal opinion says the mandate is on solid ground and that the council should careful about what it does.
"I wish we would take the politics out of this and center our community members, especially those who can't get vaccinated. I'm sitting here next to my seven week old baby and I have a 5-year-old too, and children in my community that are especially at risk right now, and we really all need to be considering that," Clancy said before the meeting.
Councilman Ernie Trakas said Page could have easily called a special council meeting last week to get input. Some residents have said the mandate undermines the idea that vaccines work. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed a lawsuit to try and block the mandate. Tuesday, the CDC released new guidance that says everyone should wear masks in indoor public settings in an area with high transmission of COVID-19. The guidance comes as the Delta variant spreads across the country.
The vote to terminate the mandate was 5-2. A spokesman for Page said he will respond to the vote at a press conference Wednesday. The mandate is still in effect in St. Louis City.
Interim St. Louis County Health Director Faisal Khan told the council that data backs up far a mandate, citing rising hospitalizations and an increasing number of younger COVID-19 patients.
The mandate took effect Monday and was put in place by St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones. It requires everyone wear a mask in indoor public settings, regardless of whether or not they have been vaccinated.
CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some parts of US CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some parts of US The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reversed course Tuesday on some masking guidelines, recommending that even vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is surging.
Several members of the St. Louis County Council have spoken out against the mandate saying it violates a recently passed state law that requires input from a governing body such as a county council.
Title has technical failure; mandate actually initiated and then repealed a day later
Nice! Saved.
Please post the actual letter written by the lawyer.
St. Louis seems to have numerous ignorant people, including the masked reporter and the woman who is “fearful” for her children under age 6. What about the “science”?! NOT Fauxi’s.
The “I’m not going to take it anymore” behind your meme is sound, the legal reality is not.
No such event actually occurred in that manner, because the law doesn’t work that way.
That being said, it may be time for working beyond the law to end this.
There isn’t one. The law doesn’t work like that. It’s a 4chan LARPing post.
I read that and thought that lady's kids are at zero risk of contracting the covid.
The government has got everyone so fearful about this corona flu, that they will do almost anything to prevent getting a disease that has a 99.8% survivor rate.
Based on the meeting the majority of the community told you no masks. If you 7 year old gets it chances are they will have no idea or it will be a minor case. If your that concerned, wear a mask.
This is why the founding fathers created a Constitutional Republic. Pure democracies let idiots get elected and idiots do what this St. Louis group just did.
And that is how it should work. If I am forced to show a paper, everyone else must be forced so show a paper of their diseases, including the common cold.
https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/novel-coronavirus/data/public-health/
The above is for MO’s COVID dashboard.
Note that MO counts probables as cases and in hospital counts.
Muzzles still AIN’T about public health.
Well, that explains a lot right there.
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