Billerica, Massachusetts. The Board of Health has issued a mandatory ordinance that provides for the mandatory wearing of face masks and a number of restrictions and guidelines for local businesses, offices, and other facilities. The Ordinance provides:
"Any resident or member of the general public entering or exiting a residential or commercial building complex of greater than one (1) unit must wear a face covering over their nose and mouth while in common areas and communal spaces and must exercise social distancing in these spaces in accordance with CDC guidelines."
The ordinance also requires all persons and business owners to comply with all CDC guidelines and provides the following penalties.
"This Order may be enforced by any agent of the Board of Health, the Building Department or the Billerica Police Department through all lawful means, including by noncriminal disposition pursuant to G.L. c. 40, § 21D and Article XIV of the General By-Laws of the Town of Billerica. Any facility found to be in violation of this Emergency Order may receive the following: a warning for the first violation, a fine of $100 for the second violation, a fine of $200 for the third violation, and a fine of $300 for the fourth violation. Any person found to be in violation of this Emergency Order may receive the following: a warning for the first violation, a fine of $25 for the second violation, a fine of $50 for the third violation, and a fine of $100 for the fourth violation."
I discussed this issue with my local Selectman. He told me that originally they wanted to impose a $1000.00 fine for each offense, but that the Selectman negotiated the penalties down to their current form.
He also advised that the cities and towns of Massachusetts have been authorized to impose these restrictions and penalties by the State Attorney General Maura Healey. No big surprise there.
Since there are few speeding tickets, not much tax revenue Collected with shopping then this is a way they can extort money from hose who have not been working due to this shut down, which was not well thought out scientifically. Glad I do t live there. Interesting that CDC does not mandate masks but states are doing that anyway. It does decrease droplets when talking, does not protect from virus though. Personally unless a PPE mask there is a down side to wearing a mask for hours on end.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/04/commentary-masks-all-covid-19-not-based-sound-data
What kind of genius issues an order for mandatory masks five weeks after the peak of the disease has passed?
The genius that runs Michigan.
Print and carry this with you:
I presume that since the government is requiring a face covering they must be supplying the face coverings, at no cost to the user, for people to use since they are requiring the face coverings. so are these face coverings free to the user?
I live in Maryland and no, the government is not providing masks, although they are required. What I am having a difficult time understanding is why state's are requiring them for everyone, the healthy and the sick, when research on their effectiveness shows minimal benefit unless you are wearing an N95. Most people are not. In fact, at least one study suggests the homemade cloth masks shouldn't be worn at all. "A randomized trial comparing the effect of medical and cloth masks on healthcare worker illness found that those wearing cloth masks were 13 times more likely to experience influenza-like illness than those wearing medical masks." (https://bit.ly/3c7galb)
And yet, governors and mayors want us to believe their decisions are being made based on science and data.
I do not believe they are legally able to mandate your wearing a mask for any reason at all and I will challenge this ridiculous mandate if it ever comes to us here in Florida. I don't believe we have anyone in the Florida government who is that arrogant as to force their opinions upon others, that would be very similar to Nazi Germany.
BUT, BUT..
https://www.facebook.com/letsmawa/videos/259151528794751/
I don’t believe in masks and no one should be forced to wear them unconstitutional!!!! I go to the park everyday to walk and I stay my distance
Someone pointed out to me the other day a rather interesting fact/anecdote, something I hadn't even considered. They had lived in China at some point and said that the people in China were wearing masks in public long before Covid-19 became a threat, apparently because air pollution is really bad there, yet the virus still spread and quickly throughout Wuhan. So, how helpful could the mask have been?
Very good article as it indicates the level of incompetence at the institutions such as NIAID, CDC, WHO, etc. I sometimes think these organizations have our worst interests in mind. Fauci is not a practicing physician, but he is a paper pusher. He was a very bad choice to lead this
effort.https://www.citizensforfreespeech.org/blaylock_face_masks_pose_serious_risks_to_the_healthy
Yes, great article. It strengthens the Constitutional arguments against wearing a mask with even more physical objections. People need to stop complying with this outrage. Do your part to start the flood of civil disobedience. Be a leader.
Back in 1918 during the last "pandemic", masks were required and people revolted. A study came out of the UK around that time proving that masks are not effective and gave actual science behind why. It was fantastic and still true today. They do nothing other than make someone feel better. Have you seen how people touch them? They are more dirty than your phone. Then you put them on your face and suck back in your own Co2 which is NOT healthy. Meanwhile, bacteria are collecting in the mask and you continue to pull it on and off. Secondarily, and more importantly, this should not be mandated in any way. That is why people are not wearing them.....mandates don't work in this country. That's why we have freedoms. We are not in China. If you want to ask me kindly or give me the option, then I'll consider it. And to all the businesses out there requiring it, well, you won't get my business or my money at all. If you want to be sensible and realize that some people can't wear them, and realize that it's a choice, then you win my dollar.
https://www.citizensforfreespeech.org/blaylock_face_masks_pose_serious_risks_to_the_healthy
As I was out walking today, I noticed it seemed more people were skipping the masks. I only wear one to shop. I walked past several people today out walking or riding their bikes without masks. It was quite nice to encounter people smiling and waving at me and others. The governor of my state is still requiring that masks be worn in all stores and restaurants. I stopped at a 7-11 before heading back home and noticed quite a few people only putting the masks on as they entered. I feel more and more people are kind of done with all the government rules and fear-mongering, they just want to enjoy their summer. Some may even be waking up to the fact that the media and some in government have hyped this situation for reasons that have nothing to do with keeping people safe.
I learned that Costco is requiring all people to wear masks in their store....they just lost my business!
This video by Dr. Pam Popper offers some info. on the risks of wearing masks. She also briefly explains how she and residents in her state of Ohio got the governor to rescind on his order to require mask be worn. https://youtu.be/YQo7bV2hzBY
I refuse to wear a mask. At Costco where they mandate it, half those wearing them had noses out or under chin, ridiculous. Some people are nasty to those who refuse to wear them, saying we are being selfish because we can pass disease. Well it’s not true, the CDC published in the last few days indicated that ASYMPTOMATIC COVID+ cannot infect others. It was never iron clad, it was Based on supposition of the unknown for a while. It makes me angry the politicians are NOT adjusting according to the science especially where masks are concerned. As a retired RN, masks in hospital are worn in surgery to protect the surgical site from the staffs germs or worn with Micron filter around persons who are infectious with things like TB, MERSA, or Hepatitis. Our D mayor, where I live, is not following our GOP Governor opening recommendations, he’s holding us back, got to wear masks. I blame the press as well for focussing on emotional responses and not on the rapidly changing research and COMMON SENSE. World data shows this has been no worse than a bad flu season, especially since Counting data is so astronomically inaccurate and inflated. Another beef I have is how the focus is on the deaths and the worst cases even if recovered, this is hyping fear. Anyone see any stories of the 80-98% who have no to mild symptoms? NO you don’t. Because of this constant pandering to fear of death there are people who still won’t go outside even when given research showing the folly of all this. My fear is more about the tyranny and can we stop it.
I'm starting to believe that many of the guidelines/rules enacted having nothing to do with public health, but everything to do with social conditioning. Unfortunately, it is far too easy to condition humans to act against their best interest or best judgment as a number of psychological and sociological experiments have borne out. The Milgram experiment is just one that comes to mind. https://www.simplypsychology.org/milgram.html
I also read just yesterday that this isn't the first time the CDC has looked into imposing the current draconian solutions to a pandemic. In 2006, a group of computer science programmers and public health officials began looking into quarantines, closures, and measured lockdowns as methods for containing future pandemics. Dr. Donald Henderson who is credited with having eradicated smallpox prepared a paper, along with some of his colleagues, that outlined based on research all the reasons such solutions should not be used. He didn't recommend social distancing either. Seems to me that some individuals in government may have just been biding their time for the right moment to proceed anyway to enact these measures even knowing how disastrous they would be to our nation and its citizens. https://bit.ly/3grxa8i
I agree the media's hyping of this is ridiculous. These individuals have no conscious playing on people's fears and emotions for clicks and advertising dollars. The number of deaths from Covid isn't much different than that of the flu and far less than some other diseases that people seem to have forgotten about like cancer and heart disease. It's insane to see people walking around with masks and being angry at those who don't because they "don't want to die" of covid despite the fact that the vast majority of people who've had it have recovered, just like people recover from flu. But some of these same people you'll see slip their masks off to smoke a cigarette or engage in any number of other known unhealthy habits. There has to be a way to counteract this. I heard of at least one group of residents in the U.S. who basically fired their mayor, had him (or her) removed from office by police escort no less. Trying to find more info. about it.
I got this from Peggy Hall's YouTube channel, check it out, and subscribe.
EMAIL: healthyamerican1@gmail.com WEBSITE: https://www.thehealthyamerican.com
Letter to Costco:
1. You enforce 6 feet distance between people.
2. You require your associates to wear masks.
3. There is often a plexiglass divider between customer and cashier.
Don't those things work? If YES --- then why do I need to wear a mask?
If NO --- then why do you enforce them?
There is zero logic behind a healthy person wearing a mask if those at risk are already wearing masks.
--- If I am standing 6 feet away from other people, how could I possibly infect them --- especially if they are already wearing a mask?
--- If I have to stand behind a plexiglass divider at the checkout counter, how could I possibly infect the cashier?
--- If the cashier is WEARING a mask, and standing BEHIND a plexiglass divider, why in the world would I need to wear a mask to protect her/him?
You might be saying, "Just wear a mask and get along."
-One reason I don't wear a mask and object to doing so is because I understand that the UNIMPEDED flow of oxygen is essential to my health and immune system.
Awesome letter 😊
Check with the local board of elections to see what they’re going to do at the polls