Should Alabama Continue Its COVID-19 Mask Mandate?
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's "Safer at Home" order is set to expire this Friday. Do you think that our state should continue its mask mandate?
ABC 33/40 News reports Ivey's decision is coming soon and that she stressed the importance of "personal responsibility" in her statement to the press. I am obviously not a psychic, but this makes me think that Ivey may follow the lead of Mississippi's Tate Reeves and Texas' Greg Abbott--both of whom recently lifted their state's mask mandates.
I will admit that I am not a fan of wearing a mask, but I am not certain that now is the time to remove the restrictions that have been keeping us safe.
I am thrilled to see confirmed cases of COVID-19 declining in Tuscaloosa and across the state. Winter was especially difficult and the virus seemed to be spreading rapidly after the holidays--and now, finally, we see light at the end of the tunnel.
Many of us (myself included) are getting vaccinated and we're approaching herd immunity. We have all sacrificed so much to keep our families and our neighbors safe, and we are almost there.
I know wearing a mask for a few more weeks will suck, but I am willing and happy to do so if it prevents a friend or neighbor from getting sick.
I can't wait until the day I can literally set all my face masks on fire and never wear them again--I just don't think that now is the time.
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