Church asks Utah Mormons to wear face coverings in public

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 6:03 pm CDT, Saturday, July 11, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has asked all its members in Utah to wear face coverings when in public, a request that comes as confirmed infections in the state increase.

The Deseret News reports that the Utah Area Presidency sent out the request in an email on Friday evening. The area presidency operates under the authority of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

“Now we ask all Latter-day Saints in the Utah Area to be good citizens by wearing face coverings when in public,” the email said. “Doing so will help promote the health and general welfare of all.

About 62% of Utah's 3.1 million residents are members of the church.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Church-asks-Utah-Mormons-to-wear-face-coverings-15401831.php

[dweller]

1. just color coordinate

with your magic underwear for that snappy fashion appeal


✌🏼

[Wellstone ruled]

2. And these are the same people

who are staging Anti Mask protests. Funny,Inter mountain health,the States major Hospital operation is primarily owned and controlled by the Same folks issuing the mask order .

[Beakybird]

3. Why didn't they do this like 2-3 months ago.

[BlueIdaho]

7. No kidding - these are the folks with the rugged frontier history

And a years supply in the basement. I’m surprised they didn’t jump on this much earlier.

[LongtimeAZDem]

4. Could they please tell the Arizona Mormons to do it too?

[StarryNite]

5. Yes!

A lot of the welfare cattle ranching Mormons in the White Mountains still think it's a hoax.

[LongtimeAZDem]

6. I live in Mesa; I don't care about the ranchers as much as the ones in the grocery store

[StarryNite]

8. I live in the north valley but I know people who live up there.

Heber and Overgaard have been pretty much spared so far but if it gets started it could go through those communities like wildfire because virtually nobody up there wears a mask. It's all fun and games until somebody gets COVID.