Mask on Mask Off in St Louis

[Tennokee]

WTF is going on in St Louie?

Within 24 hours they drop a mandatory mask mandate due to huge pushback

Mask don't work anyway

Mask mandate rescinded for St. Louis city employees, area hospitals say they aren't strained​

Hospitals around the area told 5 On Your Side that they're seeing a "typical winter" in terms of COVID-19, RSV and flu cases.

ST. LOUIS — City of St. Louis officials announced Friday afternoon that it is no longer requiring city employees to wear a mask while working, less than 24 hours after issuing a mask mandate.
"The City of St. Louis has updated its communications with employees surrounding masking," a statement from Mayor Tishaura Jones' office said. "The City of St. Louis Department of Health strongly recommends masking indoors for all City of St. Louis employees, effective immediately."

St. Louis Director of Health Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis originally said on Thursday that "significant increases" in COVID-19, RSV and flu cases in the city were the reason behind the mask order. However, on Friday morning, the department replaced its original statistics with less alarming data showing respiratory viruses trending up.
Area hospitals seemed surprised when the city originally issued the mask mandate.
"BJC is not seeing a strain on hospital capacity," BJC Health Care officials told 5 On Your Side. We are experiencing a seasonal increase in respiratory illness, which is typical for this time of year."

Mask mandate rescinded for St. Louis city employees, area hospitals say they aren't strained

Hospitals around the area told 5 On Your Side that they're seeing a "typical winter" in terms of COVID-19, RSV and flu cases.

www.ksdk.com

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Nobody even knew it was there.

My wife works at a hospital in St Louis and nobody had heard about this "mandate"

 

[SweetSue92]

WTF is going on in St Louie?

Within 24 hours they drop a mandatory mask mandate due to huge pushback

Mask don't work anyway

Mask mandate rescinded for St. Louis city employees, area hospitals say they aren't strained

Hospitals around the area told 5 On Your Side that they're seeing a "typical winter" in terms of COVID-19, RSV and flu cases.

www.ksdk.com

Outside of the bluest of blue cities, no one will ever do this again. People are just DONE.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Outside of the bluest of blue cities, no one will ever do this again. People are just DONE.

Seems you are correct considering how blue St Louis is

 

[Tennokee]

Outside of the bluest of blue cities, no one will ever do this again. People are just DONE.

I never did it the first time.

 

[multivita-man]

If I had to guess, local health officials either detected or anticipated a surge in healthcare facility use and want to keep their workers from getting infected and calling off due to respiratory illness, which would in turn cause a labor shortage. The healthcare workers, many of whom aren't really all that educated, said whataboutmuhrights and refused to cooperate and the administration feared worker shortages caused by people refusing to work. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

 

[SweetSue92]

If I had to guess, local health officials either detected or anticipated a surge in healthcare facility use and want to keep their workers from getting infected and calling off due to respiratory illness, which would in turn cause a labor shortage. The healthcare workers, many of whom aren't really all that educated, said whataboutmuhrights and refused to cooperate and the administration feared worker shortages caused by people refusing to work. Damned if they do, damned if they don't.

Community/public masking is a joke, and doesn't do a thing to mitigate airborne respiratory viruses.

It's all for show