king Herbert's order on masks, gatherings draws dozens of protesters to Governor's Mansion
SALT LAKE CITY — Hours after Gov. Gary Herbert's statewide mask mandate took effect, roughly 50 people gathered outside the Governor's Mansion on South Temple in Salt Lake City to protest what they say is government overreach and an infringement on their rights.
"He doesn't have the authority to tell us what to do in our own lives, in our homes and what we wear," said Ken Whetstone, who braved Monday's freezing temps and light snow to gather outside.
Carrying signs that read "Tyranny spreads COVID-19," "No dictator Herbert" and "Our immune system is our God given PPE," the crowd started small Monday afternoon, growing to about 50 people by 5 p.m.
Meanwhile, a similar protest took shape outside of Herbert's personal home in Orem, and a video posted to the social media site Parler shows dozens gathered in the Utah County suburb, waving flags and chanting "unmask Utah."
https://www.ksl.com/article/50045678/herberts-order-on-masks-gatherings-draws-dozens-of-protesters-to-governors-mansion
Utah COMMUNIST Statewide mask mandate, social gathering limit coming to Utah amid COVID-19 surge
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert issued a statewide mask mandate Sunday night as part of emergency orders directing Utahns to limit social gatherings to their own household to combat the state's current COVID-19 surge. orders, which go into effect Monday at 1 p.m. MT, and will remain until at least Monday, Nov. 23
The new orders can be broken down into four key requirements:
A statewide mask mandate for all Utahns in public, where six feet of physical distancing is not possible, which will "be extended for the foreseeable future," state officials said.
The mandate is enforceable in all business settings, requiring employees to wear face coverings, promoting mask-wearing among patrons, and posted signage to the same effect. Any business that fails to do so will be subject to fines, the order says.
(patrons not required to wear mask: definition of pa·tron: a customer, especially a regular one, of a store, restaurant, or theater.)
Limiting casual social gatherings to household-only through the length of the order.
A two-week hold on all extracurricular activities, including athletic and intramural events, with the exception of intercollegiate athletics and practices, and games and training associated with high school championships that follow instructions for testing and limited crowd sizes.
Mandatory weekly testing for COVID-19 by all higher-education students in public and private institutions who either live on campus or attend at least one in-person class per week, with a plan that must be established as soon as possible but no later than Jan. 1, 2021.
Limiting gatherings outside the home
While the state has allowed individual cities and counties to limit large public gatherings, and the governor's transmission index has provided recommendations for limiting gatherings in public spaces, Herbert said it's time to do more.
Anyone who is found to organize large gatherings of people will be fined $10,000 per occurrence, Herbert said, and state officials and prosecutors will hold them accountable. He also said that his office will distribute information about safe gatherings for the upcoming holiday season "in the coming days."
"The idea here is to go out and test as many individuals as we possibly can (= more money), and find out who these silent spreaders are and essentially remove them from the transmission pool by isolating them during their infectious period,"
Cox (sucker) told KSL TV that CDC officials have promised more testing resources and that the state has hired 150 more contact tracers over the past couple of weeks.
The Utah National Guard will be also deployed to aid in contact tracing efforts as the governor rolls out a new accelerated testing program for asymptomatic individuals, with a focus on college students, students who participate in extracurricular activities, and high school teachers.
https://www.ksl.com/article/50044988/we-must-do-more-statewide-mask-mandate-social-gathering-limit-coming-to-utah-amid-covid-19-surge
Thanks to Brian Young for this Video @ HighImpactTV
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