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brooklynite

(93,834 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 09:41 AM Nov 2020

Utah governor orders statewide mask mandate, new coronavirus restrictions

Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Utah’s governor declared a new state of emergency late Sunday after the state’s most devastating week of the pandemic, as COVID-19 infections skyrocketed and deaths hit new highs. His big concern is the surge in hospitalizations that may soon overwhelm doctors and nurses.

Gov. Gary Herbert issued a series of new restrictions, including a statewide mask mandate — a step he has resisted for months.

Unlike other restrictions, the governor intends to extend the mask mandate “for the foreseeable future.” Businesses that fail to comply will face fines.

The new executive orders are signed by Herbert and by Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, who is the governor-elect. They limit any social gatherings to people in the same households and place a hold on all school extracurricular activities, including athletic and intramural events.



Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/11/08/utah-governor-issue-new/
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progree

(10,864 posts)
1. On this list, Utah is 8th worst state in daily new cases per capita, 7 day moving average
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:19 AM
Nov 2020
https://covidactnow.org/?s=1301312

Meaning there are 7 worse off states in this metric.

#1 NoDak
#2 SoDak
#3 Iowa
#4 Wisconsin
#5 Nebraska
#6 Montana
#7 Illinois
#8 Utah
#9 Minnesota

(I snuck in Minnesota because it's my state, and our four U.S. neighbors are ranked #1, #2, #3, and #4 -- showing we have a real hell of a hotspot in the upper MidWest.).

Testing rates and positivity rates are here (positivity rates are also in the above link) :

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/tracker/overview

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/individual-states/usa

dware

(12,092 posts)
2. About 3 months ago,
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:33 AM
Nov 2020

I pulled into a truck stop along I-70 in Utah to fuel up and no one was wearing a mask, I asked the store clerk why and she said that in Utah, masks weren't required.

keithbvadu2

(36,360 posts)
3. But the Trumps tell us that the deaths and sickness are "almost nothing".
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 10:38 AM
Nov 2020

But the Trumps tell us that the deaths and sickness are "almost nothing".

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