‘Never Going Back’: Governor Refuses to Implement COVID Mask Mandates

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Amid chatter about the possible return of COVID-19 mask mandates, at least one governor said that they will not return to his state under any circumstances.

“Mississippians will not and should not submit to fear again,” Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, a Republican, said in a recent statement.

“In the early days of COVID, there was understandable uncertainty. We did not yet know what we were facing. As the months unfolded, it became clear that there were two pandemics. A disease that was easy to spread and that was deadly for many vulnerable people, and a pandemic of fear stoked by ‘the expert class’ that demanded total subjugation.”

He added that the “simple answer” to mandates is “no,” adding, “We will not return to widespread masking or COVID rules.” That statement was issued as he pointed to a CBS News report that asked if mask mandates are coming back.

There has been a small uptick in COVID-19 cases across the United States, according to data provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). But the increase is a considerably smaller than previous so-called COVID-19 “waves” since 2020.

“An upswing is not a surge; it’s not even a wave,” Dr. Shira Doron, the chief infection control officer for Tufts Medicine, told ABC News last week. “What we’re seeing is a very gradual and small upward trajectory of cases and hospitalizations, without deaths really going along, which is great news.”

The federal government, including the CDC and Transportation Security Administration (TSA), do not currently have any mask mandates in effect. A TSA spokesperson told The Epoch Times several days ago that rumors suggesting mask mandates or lockdowns will come back later in the fall are false, while the CDC told NBC News that there have been no discussions to bring back masks.

But some businesses have reimplemented mask mandates in recent days—namely hospitals in California and New York. Several hospitals have made masking mandatory for anyone entering the premises, including visitors and patients, while several have only implemented mask-wearing for staff, nurses, and physicians.

By Jack Phillips

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