10 KC-area health departments issue public health advisory on COVID-19, recommend wearing masks

[pstokely]

Source: KMBC

Ten Kansas City-area health departments issued a joint public health advisory on COVID-19 Friday, recommending that unvaccinated residents wear face coverings.

This is only a recommendation and not a mandate.

The region's health officials said the advisory is because of the rapidly increasing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across the Kansas City metro related to the emergence of the delta variant.

"We are in trouble," said Dr. Steve Stites, of the University of Kansas Health System on Friday morning.

Read more: https://www.kmbc.com/article/kansas-city-missouri-health-department-mask-recommendation-coronavirus-delta-variant-1626464616/37051510

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they could be trendy like LA and reimpose the mandates, but they have no balls

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. A lot of people are wearing masks in my part of KC.

And have been all of July. Our mayor has been asking people to mask up for 10 days or more.

I literally went one place unmasked in June. An outdoor garden center, because I forgot to grab a mask leaving the house.

[MuseRider]

3. I did that too.

I walked into a feed store where nobody had actually worn masks after our legislature took all the power and did not require them. I ran back out to the car to get my mask and they were all puzzled.

I just looked at them and said, "I was a critical care nurse." I have no idea if that made any sense to them at all. My preferred feed store is just as bad. I still mask and will for the foreseeable future.

65 miles or so to your West.

[Skittles]

5. people with critical thinking skills know the CDC dropped the ball

people should KEEP MASKING, period

[pstokely]

10. few of of those outside the blue areas in MO

what do you expect with brain drain

[Sherman A1]

2. They could perhaps be trendy however, I believe that the State of Missouri

has done something along the lines of making it more difficult for local health officials to impose mask mandates. Could be wrong, but don't think so.

[pstokely]

4. Missouri have never been trendy

it's known for nostalgia acts in Branson

[Sherman A1]

6. and hence you answered your own question

[Rebl2]

7. I am

in MO and yes I am fairly sure our fine state legislature (insert SARCASM) made it nearly impossible for local health officials to mandate masks.

[Lulu KC]

8. As did KS

even with a commonsensical governor.

[pstokely]

9. not impossible

but not quickly, and not for long

[Pas-de-Calais]

11. STL here.

Family fully vaccinated, yet masked when out n about.
Don’t trust any of them