Oregon implementing mask mandates outdoors regardless of vaccination status
BY LEXI LONAS | August 24, 2021
Oregon announced Tuesday it is reimplementing an outdoor mask mandate regardless of vaccination status, a measure that is slated to take effect Friday.
"Effective Friday, August 27, masks will be required in most public outdoor settings, including large outdoor events, where physical distancing is not possible, and regardless of vaccination status," a press release from the governor's office stated.
Today we have 1,000 COVID-19 patients in our hospitals. I’m continuing to take actions to protect Oregonians and save lives.
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) August 24, 2021
Effective Friday 8/27, masks will be required in public outdoors settings where physical distancing is not possible, regardless of vaccination status. pic.twitter.com/0EU6bteTPU
The mask mandate does not apply when a person is alone or with members of the same household, according to the press release.
Masks are required if an individual is around anyone from a different household and not practicing social distancing.
Individuals at private residences are also "strongly recommended" to mask outdoors if someone from another household are over.
The state's directive goes beyond the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines that say fully vaccinated individuals should wear masks in indoor settings in areas with high transmission rates of the virus.
Oregon is the first state to reimplement an outdoor mask mandate. All states dropped theirs after the CDC guidelines allowed them to do so.
Please go to The Hill to read more.
Kate, your state is one of the worst in the nation now and this isn't going to change a thing. You already did an indoor mask mandate and it did nothing. The state is about to fall apart, are you going to take real action or just let Oregon continue to burn? SHUT IT DOWN KATE.
— Jason Pollock (@Jason_Pollock) August 24, 2021
It'd be nice if you posted data about effectiveness of masks, and risk of outdoor transmission, that supported your new mandate. It'd be an easier sell if any data supported this.
— Kevin (@kcat0e8) August 24, 2021
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