Will he be wearing one, as local law dictates?
The vote comes days after Gov. Doug Ducey granted local governments autonomy to set their own health and safety measures to fight rising COVID-19 cases. Arizona lifted stay-at-home rules last month.
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Anyone wanna bet he doesn't? Even after that recent debacle in Tulsa?
Will he be wearing one, as local law dictates?
The vote comes days after Gov. Doug Ducey granted local governments autonomy to set their own health and safety measures to fight rising COVID-19 cases. Arizona lifted stay-at-home rules last month.
www.npr.org
Anyone wanna bet he doesn't? Even after that recent debacle in Tulsa?
Holy crow, Crepitus, it's tomorrow!! Get a load of what the mayor of Phoenix said:
MAYOR'S OFFICE
Mayor Gallego Statement on Presidential Rally in Phoenix
JUNE 22, 2020 1:00 PM
PHOENIX- Tomorrow, the President will be hosting a campaign rally at a private church in North Phoenix. The event was not sanctioned or permitted by the City of Phoenix, as the city does not permit political events. Furthermore, it does not abide by current CDC guidelines during COVID-19.
While I do not believe an event of this magnitude can be held safely, particularly as Arizona sees rising COVID cases, the President has decided to continue with this rally.
City officials have contacted both the church and presidential campaign staff to alert them to the city's masking policy. The goal of this policy is not to hand out citations but to educate the public on the virus and its transmission. That is why we have started a robust public outreach campaign focused on education. The city has not changed this enforcement policy for tomorrow's event. The church has indicated that they will be handing out masks to eventgoers and taking temperatures upon check-in.
We've seen tremendous compliance with the mask ordinance that went into effect this weekend. Everyone attending tomorrow's event, particularly any elected official, should set an example to residents by wearing a mask. This includes the President.
www.phoenix.gov
This is the response from the church where Trump is holding his rally:
Phoenix church hosting Trump rally claims new air unit eliminates 99% of coronavirus
The Phoenix church hosting Trump's rally Tuesday claims its air purifying unit kills 99% of coronavirus.
PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) -- Dream City Church is the Phoenix church hosting a rally for Pres. Donald Trump Tuesday afternoon. But the church is facing some backlash over a video it recently posted to their social media pages.
The video claims church officials have found a way to pretty much wipe out most of COVID-19 with the help of an air purifying system. To be clear, this system has not been tested by the CDC
The video has been making the rounds online. In the post, senior Pastor Luke Barnett and Brendon Zastro said, they have “installed these units and it kills 99.9% of COVID within 10 minutes." In the video, they go on to say, “When you come into our auditorium 99% of COVID is gone, killed, if it was even there in the first place.” The post has received hundreds of comments, questioning the scientific accuracy of their claims.
We reached out to emergency room Doctor Murtaza Akhter, who has been working with COVID-19 patients since the start of the pandemic. We asked for his take on the church's claims. "The thing with rallies, for example, is that people are really close to each other so even if they have a filtration system, if this person coughs on this person, that person is clearly going to get sick; there’s no way for that particle or whatever you call it to be filtered,” said Dr. Akhter.
You know Trump will wiggle out of it with the words "or within 6 feet of others." No one will be within six feet of him while he's at the podium.
The video claims church officials have found a way to pretty much wipe out COVID-19 with the help of an air purifying system.
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