Governor adamant on mask mandates

[TexasTowelie]

WASHINGTON -- With classrooms about to reopen, counteracting the delta variant must be a top priority, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson told the Reagan Institute Summit on Education on Thursday.

Mask mandates won't be one of the tools in the state's anti-covid arsenal, he said.

The number of new coronavirus infections is roughly double what they were a year ago as the delta variant spreads, state public health data shows.

"Arkansas got hit very, very early on [with the delta variant]. Our cases are high right now. Our hospitalizations are high," Hutchinson said during a session titled "The State of Education: Arkansas."

"We were at a point in Arkansas that we had dipped down to where it [covid-19] was almost a non-issue. Life was normal. And everybody thought it was done with. Well, this covid, once again, surprised us. It came back with a tougher variant that is causing real problems" he said.

Read more: https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jul/23/governor-adamant-on-mask-mandates/?news-arkansas

[Blues Heron]

1. lets duel the virus with one hand tied behind our back, yeah that's intellingent

the way these people think is so bizarre. Why would you toss out masking- it's a cheap and effective way to stem the transmission. Get people good masks and they might wear them.

[WhiteTara]

2. they made a law to ban masks!

[Patterson]

3. Call Asa's office at 501-682-2345.