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 peoples health, its not about locking people up in jail and giving them large fines, he said.
The governors 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.
Virginia governors can only serve one term, so the rapist lieutenant governor will likely be his replacement.
I will be heading to the store in a face mask and a banana hammock in full compliance with Ralphie’s order.
I guarantee people WILL social distance.
AKA, The progressives very own mini Burqua, showing submission to their theology.
Hopefully, someone will sue his ass and the Dept of Health asking where do they get the authority to make these rulings. Also, it’s a huge carry issue that will ban anyone from carrying a firearm in public if they have to wear a mask.
Is a KKK hood an acceptable face covering?
And on Friday the temperature in Virginia is going to reach the mid to upper 80s.
Oughta be fun!
I wonder how they’ll handle travelers on interstates just passing through VA. No masks in cars, of course, but will the Nazis be out trolling for people making stops at fast food restaurants, etc., along the way?
We’re planing a trip which takes us through VA and I’d hate to have some Barney Fife type cause a rukus.
So now that the levels are lower and we have flattened the curve and hospitals are not overwhelmed, it’s NOW that we need face masks?!?!
I'm still using my first one. The second one is still shrink-wrapped in the glove compartment of my car.
Not sure how effective that is but I'm healthy as an ox and complying with the silly law.
What utter bull$hit! Maybe he'll "forget" to breathe.
Governor of VA, Blackface baby killer is a tyrant in waiting.
Old Tom Jefferson is spinning in his grave.
5.56mm
Well it’s because initially FraudXi said that masks were ineffective,,, but now they are. Now the virus doesn’t live on surfaces and 3 months ago it was 5-7 days. We are being lied to on a scale not imaginable. Seriously - Isn’t the nursery home disaster the biggest story and no one is touching it. If only they can pin it on .. wait.. Orange Man. FUSWAMP / FUMSM
So up UNTIL this Friday, masks were not mandatory. You can go to Target right this minute in Arlington, VA and there will be hundreds of people milling about, many without masks. Makes no sense.
Hopefully, someone will sue his ass and the Dept of Health asking where do they get the authority to make these rulings. Also, its a huge carry issue that will ban anyone from carrying a firearm in public if they have to wear a mask.
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In the IRONY category.
Remember the ‘ARMED RALLY’ in Richmond in Jan 2020?
The ONLY arrest was for some woman wearing a MASK!!
Now if I am that woman, I would have to show up at the Govs Steps without a mask, then be able to say
“I WISH YOU IDIOTS WOULD MAKE UP YOUR MIND”
“I wear a mask in January but not in June and I get arrested both times”
Looks like ANTIFA had it ‘right’ right all along.
>>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.<<
My insight is personal, as that’s exactly what happened to me. I’m near 80, cannot breathe in the things, and nearly passed out in a store. Fatigue from it also genuine, lasted all day. Will not try again. My freedom to breathe trumps their freedom to be scared.
When I deign to wear one, that is all I wear. I must have a hundred of them in the garage.
LOL - me too. I keep one in the car.
If you took high-speed, smartphone videos of people wearing various mask designs sneezing, I wouldnt be surprised to see nasal blast momentarily separating mask from some faces and escaping to environment.
Also, noting that masks also probably interfere with maximum skin vitamin D production, my non-medical advice is for artificial lighting urbanites to start taking vitamin D3.
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