President-Elect is going to run into strong headwinds for 100 days if he does not mandate the wearing of masks. There needs to be a federal executive order mandating mask-wearing. There can be no voluntary request expecting cooperation, that won't happen. There needs to be an Executive Order and the right for cities to enforce it with fines.
In this instance, with Miami, there were reasons to believe danger would enter the city with the holiday celebrations. They instituted a requirement to wear masks in the city and a $50 fine if those offered masks refused them. In evaluating the effectiveness of the program it sounds as though they are prepared to go to court to protect citizens.
Why put mayors through these struggles in a court of law? Just issue an Executive Order backed by US HHS.
November 24, 2020
By Martin Vassolo
Under the city’s new enforcement plan, police will only issue a citation if the violator refuses to wear a mask provided to them. The policy change, announced Tuesday by city manager Jimmy Morales, goes into effect Wednesday and will last at least through the weekend.
The citations will carry a $50 fine, to be collected when legally allowed. Police will enforce the order in commercial corridors citywide.
“We will evaluate the effectiveness of the effort this weekend to determine if and how to best continue with the individual citations,” a city spokeswoman said in a statement....
The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has to correct the lies.
January 31, 2020
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II (click here) declared a public health emergency for the entire United States to aid the nation’s healthcare community in responding to 2019 novel coronavirus.
“While this virus poses a serious public health threat, the risk to the American public remains low at this time, and we are working to keep this risk low,” Secretary Azar said. “We are committed to protecting the health and safety of all Americans, and this public health emergency declaration is the latest in the series of steps the Trump Administration has taken to protect our country.”
The emergency declaration gives state, tribal, and local health departments more flexibility to request that HHS authorize them to temporarily reassign state, local, and tribal personnel to respond to 2019-nCoV if their salaries normally are funded in whole or in part by Public Health Service Act programs. These personnel could assist with public health information campaigns and other response activities....
Joe Biden wants to end the spread of this virus within the first 100 days of his presidency. That won't happen with volunteer efforts, the virus is dangerous and the politics make complete voluntary compliance impossible.
December 1, 2020
By Jason Lawrence
Providence - Gov. Gina Raimondo (click here) defended the state’s two-week “pause” on Thursday, citing data that she said offered “no good news.”
But even as the governor addressed the state’s troubling trends in hospitalizations and fatalities,...
...“The next time you think its fun or funny to have a party,” Raimondo said, “I ask you to think about what it’d be like if your mom, or your wife, or your husband, or your best friend wound up in a field hospital.”...
