Wyoming to End Mask Mandate, Becoming 17th State Without Face Covering Rule

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

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Wyoming to End Mask Mandate, Becoming 17th State Without Face Covering Rule
Jason Murdock 6 mins ago


Wyoming is dropping its mask mandate, making it the 17th state that won't require its residents to wear face coverings in public.

a person standing in front of a building: A woman wearing a protective mask reads her phone in Midtown on Madison Avenue on December 11, 2020 in New York City.© John Lamparski/Getty Images A woman wearing a protective mask reads her phone in Midtown on Madison Avenue on December 11, 2020 in New York City.
In recent weeks, the governors of five U.S. states—Texas, Mississippi, Iowa, Montana and North Dakota—have announced the end of statewide requirements making people wear masks that cover their nose and mouth to limit the spread of COVID.


Eleven states never required masks: Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Tennessee.

While the governors of some states, including Alabama and Arkansas, have announced reopening roadmaps, they pushed back against stopping use immediately. Others, such as Connecticut, plan to loosen rules for businesses while still enforcing mask use.

Connecticut's Democrat Governor Ned Lamont said on March 4: "This is not Texas, this is not Mississippi, this is Connecticut. We are maintaining the masks.

"I think... we know that it works. We have much lower infections than those mask-less states, much lower, and we are going to keep going with what works."

Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said on March 2 the state's mask rule would end March 10, and all business would be opened at 100 percent capacity.

Mississippi's Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said on the same day his state's mandate would end from March 3, citing falling hospitalization rates and the vaccine rollout.

Those considerations were similar to the reasoning offered by Wyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon on Monday, who announced that the mask requirement would be scrapped and bars, restaurants, theaters and gyms could all reopen as normal on March 16.

A press release said the decision had been made based on "improving health metrics" in the state and approach to balance health with protecting businesses and jobs.

Despite the official end to the mask mandate, the governor said Wyoming residents will still be encouraged to wear masks when visiting indoor public spaces.

Face coverings will still be worn inside K-12 schools to "ensure that classroom learning and all student activities can continue to occur safely," the media release noted. It said people should also follow the "best practices adopted by any business they visit."

Are they crazy??
Or do they know how much we as a nation have been played??--Tyr

[jimnyc]

More and more ending mandates. And we're also finding out that places that had the harshest mandates compared to places that barely had any at all - not much of a difference.

[LongTermGuy]

Americans with Brains are voting with their feet also nowadays...

[MtnBiker]

So I wonder, do the 17 states without mask mandates will have less mask pollution than other states?

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

So I wonder, do the 17 states without mask mandates will have less mask pollution than other states?

Yes, less mask pollution and happier --freer people enjoying more of the freedoms that millions have died to preserve.
In my town, the city mandated that all businesses enforce the "must wear a mask rule". Meanwhile the stores just outside of the city limits ignore that bullshit. I shop in those stores as much as possible.--Tyr