KANSAS CITY COVID MASK MANDATE EXTENSION ENDURES!!!

This time politicos promise it will be the last . . . But that's what they said last time. 

Of course their decision is based on "the science" which might or might not be up for debate as the nation confronts a pandemic winter and numbers have relented a bit.

Money line . . .

The extension followed a recommendation from the Kansas City Health Department. The health department credits masking for helping drop Kansas City's COVID-19 infection rate over the past month.

While it's dropping, health experts said it's still not under the high rate of transmission threshold. They hope it will drop below that level if masks are required while indoors for another month.

There is one change in the new health order council passed. It will allow exemptions for religious organizations and parochial schools. That’s based on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings in New York and California.

Catholic schools in Kansas City allow each parish to decide whether to require masks or not. Some are mirroring the public schools with mask rules. Others are not. Kansas City will allow that religious-based decision making.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

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Kansas City council votes to extend indoor mask mandate through Nov. 4

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Local health experts say it makes sense to continue masking this winter

With colder months ahead, local health experts say it makes sense to continue masking. Doctors from the University of Kansas Health System say now is not the time for people to let their guard down.They saw people ease up masking last year and hospitals were overwhelmed.

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