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Northam: Face coverings required in public in Va. starting Friday (VA)
WTOP ^ | 05/26/2020 | Rob Woodfork

Posted on 05/26/2020 12:54:40 PM PDT by KevinB

Face coverings will be required inside public establishments starting Friday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. He also addressed photos of him without a face covering interacting with well-wishers in Virginia Beach over the weekend.

At a briefing, Northam said that anywhere people can congregate in groups — including but not limited to stores, restaurants, barbershops, government buildings and public transportation — must wear face coverings, with a few exceptions for people:

Eating or drinking at a restaurant

Exercising

Who have a health condition that prohibits a face covering

Who are under the age of 10, although Northam strongly recommended children over 3 years old to wear one, if possible.

The governor said the order will be enforced by the Virginia Department of Health, not law enforcement, though Northam noted the penalty can be a Class I misdemeanor.

“This is about people’s health, it’s not about locking people up in jail and giving them large fines,” he said.

The governor’s Chief of Staff Clark Mercer said VDH enforcement will be akin to health inspections of restaurants, and the state is aware of the equity and practical issues that can arise from enforcing the order.

“This is for businesses that would grossly negligent and refusing to adopt this policy,” he said.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: clarkmercer; masks; northam; ralphnortham; vdh; virgina; virginiabeach
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So the black mayor of Richmond sends blackface Northam a letter asking for a mandatory face mask policy and Northam, to atone for his past sins, caves to him. Now everyone in the Commonwealth must suffer even where there is low incidence of the virus. How I despise these people!
1 posted on 05/26/2020 12:54:40 PM PDT by KevinB
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To: KevinB

Adolf Northam has spoken. Sieg heil.


2 posted on 05/26/2020 12:56:53 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: KevinB

Will blackface suffice?


3 posted on 05/26/2020 12:57:07 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: KevinB

Does black face paint count as “face covering”? I mean, it is Northam’s territory we’re talking about.


4 posted on 05/26/2020 12:58:37 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: KevinB

Everyone should wear Trump 2020 face masks or MAGA face masks.

Watch the face mask requirement disappear immediately.


5 posted on 05/26/2020 12:58:54 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: KevinB

He was just photographed at Virginia Beach this past weekend without a mask, posing with people for photographs...not social distancing in the least. Masks for thee, but not for me.


6 posted on 05/26/2020 1:00:40 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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E everyone should wear a KKK sheet like he did!!


7 posted on 05/26/2020 1:01:20 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: KevinB

Doubling down on stupid, Northam is.


8 posted on 05/26/2020 1:01:21 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: KevinB

Or what? Screw you blackface....


9 posted on 05/26/2020 1:02:30 PM PDT by nevergore (I have a terrible rash on my covfefe....)
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To: KevinB

Are Virginians woke yet?


10 posted on 05/26/2020 1:02:44 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: KevinB

Like THIS, Guv??

11 posted on 05/26/2020 1:03:16 PM PDT by Ken Regis
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So does the governor approve klan hoods as face coverings?


12 posted on 05/26/2020 1:07:34 PM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: KevinB
Stupid Phuk. It's over. You're late to the scam
13 posted on 05/26/2020 1:10:45 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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As a side note to this mask discussion, please consider the following.

From previous offline discussions, the non-medical hypothesis is that wearing a mask has the effect of being in thinner air, effectively working at a higher altitude, known for inducing fatigue.

Insights, corrections welcome.


14 posted on 05/26/2020 1:11:07 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Lurkinanloomin

LOL! Just cover the lower half of your face in blackface.


15 posted on 05/26/2020 1:12:03 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: KevinB
Apparently Northam is still making excuses for his bad behavior.


16 posted on 05/26/2020 1:13:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Magnum44

Many are. The blue areas are going to suffer and I do believe Trump will win VA this year.


17 posted on 05/26/2020 1:13:33 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( #wwg1wga #gin&tonic #Godwins #WeRDNews)
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To: CJ Wolf

From your keyboard to God’s ears...


19 posted on 05/26/2020 1:14:51 PM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: KevinB

I refuse to wear a mask outside. The threat of contracting COVID is far less.


20 posted on 05/26/2020 1:15:46 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Prayers up for Rush Limbaugh...)
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