"Basically what it says is, if you leave home, you should wear a mask," Bowser said at a press conference. "This means, if you're waiting for a bus, you must have on a mask. If you are ordering food at a restaurant, you must have on a mask. If you're sitting in a cubicle in an open office, you must have on a mask."
The order, which allows for fines of up $1,000 per violation, won't be enforced on children under the age of 3 and people who are actively eating or drinking.
The mayor also said she will extend the District's state of emergency.
The nation's capital has been experiencing a spike in cases as it moves toward reopening its economy. D.C., Maryland and Virginia all reported their highest COVID-19 case counts since early June on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the District reported 102 new coronavirus cases — the most added in a single day since June 4, bringing its total cases to 11,529.
D.C. Health Director LaQuandra Nesbitt said that two-thirds of new coronavirus cases in July involve people under the age of 40 and that many patients likely got the virus while traveling.
Baltimore Mayor Bernard Young (D) on Wednesday ordered restaurants to suspend indoor dining by the end of the week and announced expanded requirements for face coverings.
On Tuesday, Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced that people in his county, which is adjacent to but does not encompass the city of Baltimore, will be required to wear a mask in public settings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance last week urging universal mask wearing.
Reader Comments
If any SOTT reader knows of anyplace in the USA where people are actively resisting en masse in your community then post up where... I'm looking to move.
North Idaho is very patriotic, and independent.
On the negative side, there are strange people in the woods and also a lot of meth and drug use.
The winter is harsh and many live off grid.
The summer is fantastic and the land is rich with wildlife.
You can build earthhomes whatever you wish
R.C.
*Apologies to Tolkien.
RC
For instance, in the beginning you could talk and have conversations about corona, now people are behaving without thought, like good Nazis.
It was always there, but it is shockingly and heartbreakingly in the face.
Time to walk the streets with an open one in the hand, then!
It's important to be brave and relax, because it can be pretty unpleasant out there.
But at least they:
1) Know it, and,
2) Know that when we comment about their politics, that we usually don't recognize our cluelessness!
R.C.
P.s., NRN, I'm just giving Joyly some fun grief here, too.
P.p.s, You are an American, right? (If not, here's where I enter / create... this.. )
RC
It’s a bit sad when someone else has to tell you it’s a joke. I need to lighten the f*ck up.
See when you use the right emojis I get it. Talk about slow.
In the end I'm not even sure you are right about that.
But he's going to 'drain the swamp' any day now - just as soon as he makes himself indispensable to the elites he works his divide-and-conquer routine for. At that point, I'm sure he'll suddenly develop a conscience, put on his Captain America cape, reinstate the Constitution, and donate his fortune to pay off the mortgage for every out-of-work home owner in America.
But come November... he's still the only 'choice', as the lesser of all evils. That is, if anyone can delude themselves that votes are really counted.
Can you imagine Biden? He'd be killed within a week and whatever demon princess as VP would appointed supreme puppet skin.
Either way we're fooked. Slow or fast....