BREAKING Gov Ivey Extends Mask Mandate Through April 9...

[jthomas666]

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Ivey said the roughly one month mask extension allows businesses ample time to implement their own policies and make adjustments ahead of the deadline. Several major retailers – including Kroger, Target and Walgreens – indicated they will leave orders requiring facial coverings in place even as more states drop the requirement.

Ivey stressed the mask requirement will not be extended past April 9 but does get the state past the Easter holiday on April 4. The current order was set to expire tomorrow at 5 p.m.

I'm somewhat leery of a hard stop date, particularly since only 7% of Alabamians have been fully vaccinated; linking the mandate expiration to a vaccination threshold seems more appropriate.

Still, beats the nonsense we're seeing in other GOP-led states.

 

[2003TIDE]

Yeah I feel like removing mandates should be at least tied to % of population vaccinated.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

She is under enormous pressure from the right...

 

[Jon]

Yeah I feel like removing mandates should be at least tied to % of population vaccinated.

nope, it has to be tied to the rights feelings. That is the way things work now

 

[BamaMoon]

Honestly, I appreciate her not bowing to the pressure. I'm afraid what Abbott has done here in Texas is at best playing with fire and could lead to an explosion in Covid rates again.

 

[Jon]

Honestly, I appreciate her not bowing to the pressure. I'm afraid what Abbott has done here in Texas is at best playing with fire and could lead to an explosion in Covid rates again.

she totally bowed to the pressure she just put out the end date a few weeks to make it look like she didn't

 

[BamaMoon]

she totally bowed to the pressure she just put out the end date a few weeks to make it look like she didn't

Or she just pushed it out to allow people to have something to look forward to, with an understanding she'd put it off again if the situation warrants.

Human nature suggests giving people some "hope" for better things is a good thing.

 

[81usaf92]

She is under enormous pressure from the right...

I honestly can’t believe she had the guts to do it after Mississippi got rid of mask mandates.

 

[TexasBama]

Honestly, I appreciate her not bowing to the pressure. I'm afraid what Abbott has done here in Texas is at best playing with fire and could lead to an explosion in Covid rates again.

He’ll blame it on people coming across the border

 

[92tide]

He’ll blame it on people coming across the border

well, they did sneak that winter storm across the border, so underestimate them at your own peril

 

[NationalTitles18]

He’ll blame it on people coming across the border

He did that today.

Texas Gov. Abbott blames Covid spread on immigrants, criticizes Biden's 'Neanderthal' comment

Abbott's comments come after his widely criticized decision Tuesday to rescind most of the state's Covid-19 restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate.

www.cnbc.com

 

[B1GTide]

He did that today.

Texas Gov. Abbott blames Covid spread on immigrants, criticizes Biden's 'Neanderthal' comment

Abbott's comments come after his widely criticized decision Tuesday to rescind most of the state's Covid-19 restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate.

www.cnbc.com

These morons are so predictable.

 

[CrimsonNagus]

Sorry but I’m not giving her any credit because of the hard end date. Yea! She’s not as stupid as Mississippi, Texas and Florida, but still stupid.

So if cases shoot up after spring break we’re just going to say screw it, who cares who dies. I’ve lost so much respect for so many people who think wearing a mask is hard, bad or anti-freedom. Grow up idiots!

It is so amazing that we can watch other countries handle this pandemic so much better with stricter guidelines yet still say nope, that’s not the way to go.

 

[bama579]

These morons are so predictably moronic.

So close....

 

[bama579]

I'm in the retail biz at a big box.

LOTS of talk among the $12-$14/hr staff about further endangering their health and lives when this happens.

We have become such a me, me, me nation that we won't do basic things to help suppress this virus. Geez Maries.......

Fumbling in the red zone, sports fans.

 

[rolltide_21]

I am surprised she extended it. I told my co-worker I expected her to lift it. I also appreciated her letting Will Ainsworth know he ain’t the governor and his videos on social media have no bearing on what she will do.

Something my wife brought up yesterday- it will be nearly impossible to require masking in the classroom with no state mandate behind it.