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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnger over masks mandates, other covid rules, spurs states to curb power of public health officials
At the entrance to the Lowes in a central Ohio strip mall, a bright blue-and-white sign tells customers that, under local ordinances, they must wear a face covering inside. Next door, at Hales Ales & Kitchen, a sign asks customers to please be patient with a staff shortage with no mention of masks.
The city line between Columbus and suburban Hilliard crosses right through the strip mall, Mill Run Square. In Columbus, where the Lowes Home Improvement Store lies, the city council early in the coronavirus pandemic created a mask requirement that remains in place. In Hilliard, where Hales is located, the city council has not imposed a mask rule, despite entreaties from the top county health official as coronavirus cases spiked.
Under a new law in Ohio one of at least 19 states this year that have restricted state or local authorities from safeguarding public health amid the coronavirus pandemic Franklin Countys health commissioner Joe Mazzola can no longer intervene. The county health department was stripped of its power to compel people to wear masks even as the omicron variant fuels a fifth coronavirus surge in the United States.
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The number of states that have passed laws similar to Ohios is proliferating fast, from eight identified in one study in May to more than double that many as of last month, according to an analysis by Temple Universitys Center for Public Health Law Research. And around the country, many more measures are being debated or being prepared for legislative sessions to start early in the new year.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/anger-over-masks-mandates-other-covid-rules-spurs-states-to-curb-power-of-public-health-officials/ar-AAS8BLX
The pro-death lobby.
llashram
(6,265 posts)opinions. Yet I see them as a superspreader bunch. Unbelievable. Follow the science I say...
FelineOverlord
(3,580 posts)With a Dem Governor, 2 Dem senators, and a Dem Representative.
I dont even want to VISIT a red state, even if COVID was not a factor.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)pstokely
(10,529 posts)did VA and NJ spook them?
FelineOverlord
(3,580 posts)I dont know. Some blue states are barely blue, though, as VA found out.
Governor Murphy did call antivaxxers who were heckling him ultimate knuckleheads and then he was re-elected. 😂
Im glad Murphy is my Governor.
pstokely
(10,529 posts)Don't the Dems hold the NJ and CT legislatures also? many towns have put them back in place
tanyev
(42,573 posts)Bucky
(54,027 posts)Anger over vehicle inspection laws spur states to remove red lights and stop signs around school zonesAnger over lifeguard blowing his whistle spurs school swim team to start pissing in the pool
I used to like ridiculing idiots, but lately I've had trouble keeping up