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Minnesota cities set their own mask rules to fight the novel coronavirus - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minnesota cities set their own mask rules to fight the novel coronavirus - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minnesota cities set their own mask rules to fight the novel coronavirus - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jul 07, 2020 1 min, 37 secs

In the absence of any state or federal order, mayors and city councils around Minnesota are passing local requirements to wear masks while indoors to limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

In Rochester, home of Mayo Clinic, Mayor Kim Norton said Tuesday that she decided to support the city’s requirement to wear masks in public in part because so few people seemed to be wearing them.

“If we want our kids to go back to school in the fall, we’ve got to keep them practicing these important habits,” Hovland said in a Facebook post, advocating cloth masks in public, frequent hand-washing and social distancing.

Supporters of wearing cloth masks in public say there’s widespread scientific support.

President Donald Trump, one of the most prominent skeptics of masks in the U.S., last week changed his message and said he supported people wearing masks if they feel good about doing so.

In Winona, Mayor Mark Peterson on Tuesday announced a 30-day citywide masking order that requires all residents and visitors to wear face coverings indoors in public buildings and “anywhere where physical distancing is difficult.” The city’s existing emergency declaration gave him the power to unilaterally impose the order, but the City Council can amend or end it at any point.

In Mankato, the City Council debated and ultimately passed an ordinance Monday night that lasts for 61 days and requires most people over the age of 12 to wear a mask in public indoors, and for employers to require public-facing employees to wear masks.

“He is the one who came out and just said they don’t work,” Frost said, because cloth masks “randomly allow air in, up the sides, or around your cheeks.

Even so, Osterholm supports wearing cloth masks, which are not harmful and can be beneficial, even if they don’t provide complete protection

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