{"id":1444204,"date":"2022-04-18T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444204"},"modified":"2022-04-18T14:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T18:01:29","slug":"philadelphias-indoor-mask-mandate-officially-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphias-indoor-mask-mandate-officially-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia&#039;s Indoor Mask Mandate Officially Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphiladelphias-indoor-mask-mandate-officially-returns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1444204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/grocery-shopping-walmart-masks-coronavirus-2021-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Philadelphia residents and visitors must now wear a mask in indoor public spaces, as Monday, April 18, marks the first day of the return of the rule.<\/p>\n<p>The city officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/04\/12\/coronavirus-forever-philadelphia-is-bringing-back-indoor-mask-mandate\/\">moved<\/a> to Level 2 of its four-tier coronavirus-risk system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phila.gov\/programs\/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19\/guidance\/covid-19-response-levels\/\">forcing<\/a> individuals to wear masks in public spaces. This decision comes less than two months after lifting the mandate. To return to Level 1, where no rules are in effect, the city would need at least two of the following to be true: Average new cases would need to be less than 100 per day, hospitalizations less than 50, or cases would have had to increase by less than 50 percent in the last ten days.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As of April 11, the city saw 142 cases per day and cases increasing more than 50 percent in the last ten days, moving them up to forced masking. If the daily case average exceeds 225 up to 500, hospitalizations move from 100 and 500, or cases increase by more than 50 percent in the last ten days \u2014 two of the three must be true \u2014 the city could move to Level 3, which would force individuals to present a vaccine card, exemption, or negative test for restaurants and bars in addition to wearing a mask in public spaces:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"> Due to increasing COVID-19 cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhiladelphiaGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhiladelphiaGov<\/a> will move to Level 2: Mask Precautions beginning today. In order to provide a one-week education period for businesses, masks will be required in all indoor public spaces as of Monday, April 18, 2022. (1\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Public Health (@PHLPublicHealth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHLPublicHealth\/status\/1513578815058022409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For more information, please visit our website: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7di584Rg4M\">https:\/\/t.co\/7di584Rg4M<\/a>. (4\/4)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Public Health (@PHLPublicHealth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PHLPublicHealth\/status\/1513578818551926790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGiven the recent rise in cases, we are moving to Level 2 in hopes of preventing higher case rates and stricter measures,\u201d Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur city remains open; we can still go about our daily lives and visit the people and places we love while masking in indoor public spaces. I\u2019m optimistic that this step will help us control the case rate,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear how forced masking will help control the case rate, as the country watched as maskless states, such as Florida, consistently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/26\/florida-reports-lowest-coronavirus-cases-capita-blue-states-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> lower case rates per capita compared to blue states with mask mandates, such as Michigan and New York, last year. Additionally, studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/08\/24\/study-surgical-and-cloth-masks-filter-roughly-10-efficient-at-blocking-aerosols\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">show<\/a> that cloth and surgical masks are roughly ten percent efficient at blocking aerosols \u2014 a fact Dr. Anthony Fauci even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/06\/02\/report-anthony-fauci-said-released-emails-drug-store-masks-not-really-effective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a> in February 2020, albeit in a private email.<\/p>\n<p>Local businesses, however, are fighting back, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/suit-seeks-to-overturn-renewed-philadelphia-mask-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">launching<\/a> a lawsuit, challenging the city\u2019s mask mandate and alleging that the city has \u201cusurped the power and authority\u201d of lawmakers, according to the AP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia residents and visitors must now wear a mask in indoor public spaces, as Monday, April 18, marks the first day of the return of the rule. 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