Baker takes a bold step...
Perhaps now the Mayor, Sam Wong, and the Police Department will get the message.
https://www.mass.gov/doc/covid-19-order-55/download
According to Baker, the state’s Department of Public Health will reinstate a stay-at-home advisory for 10 p.m. to 5 a.m., meaning that residents are instructed to stay home between those hours unless they’re running critical errands, such as to get groceries or address health needs, or taking a walk.
Baker also signed a corresponding executive order requiring virtually all entertainment-related businesses — including theaters, casinos, event venues, museums, salons and gyms — to close by 9:30 p.m. Alcohol and recreational marijuana sales are also ordered to stop at 9:30 p.m., though retailers that sell alcohol, like grocery stores, can remain open to sell other things.
According to the order, restaurants must also cease table service at 9:30 p.m., but takeout and delivery may continue for food and non-alcoholic beverages.
“We’re telling people to go home, and not … to go to their friend’s house or their neighbor’s house or somebody else — we’re telling them to go home,” Baker said Monday during a press conference at the State House, blaming inter-household social gatherings for “driving a significant, sustained increase” in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The governor also issued a new face covering mandate for all indoor and outdoor public places — eliminating the exception for when people can maintain six feet of distance from others.
Similar to the strict orders imposed by some Massachusetts cites this past spring, the updated mandate requires everyone over the age of 5 to wear a face covering whenever in public, including on streets and sidewalks, as well as when in a car with members of another household. Violators can be fined $300. There are still exceptions for people with medical or disabling conditions, as well as instances where state rules specifically allow individuals to take off their mask, such as when they’re dining at a restaurant or are at the dentist.
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 7:19 PM
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2 Comments:
Numbers reported on Channel 5 last night show about 75% of the positives are from people 35 or younger. Seems the curve has changed as to who gets this now. Is that because us oldies obey the rules on masks or is there something else, like a mutated virus, in play here.
Everything I see seems to indicate that the younger crowd doesn't think it's a problem if they get it. I'm encouraged by the fact we older folks can be a part of the solution and not the problem.
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