{"id":163764,"date":"2021-02-23T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=163764"},"modified":"2021-02-23T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T15:29:11","slug":"diabolical-silliness-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/diabolical-silliness-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Diabolical Silliness\u2019: North Dakota House Passes Bill Prohibiting Mask Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fdiabolical-silliness-north-dakota-house-passes-bill-prohibiting-mask-mandates%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=163764&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\/2021\/02\/9D85A1CE-437C-4397-9802-7C0D1A2BC041_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would \u201cprohibit state and local officials, schools and businesses from mandating face masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill passed by a narrow margin in a 50\u201444 vote and will now go to the State Senate, according to\u00a0reporting by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/government-and-politics\/6899976-North-Dakota-House-advances-bill-barring-government-from-mandating-masks\">Grand Forks Herald.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum put a statewide face coving mandate in place three months ago, but it reportedly expired in January. Before the mask mandate was enforced across the state, other cities and counties \u2014 including Fargo, Grand Forks, and Bismarck \u2014 had already required masks in public.<\/p>\n<p>The sponsor of the bill, Republican state Rep. Jeff Hoverson, said North Dakota should be free like South Dakota. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/newsmd\/coronavirus\/6824462-North-Dakota-got-a-mask-mandate-South-Dakota-didnt.-COVID-19-cases-have-plummeted-in-both\">The Grand Forks Herald<\/a> reported in January that both states\u2019 coronavirus case numbers have dropped, while North Dakota imposed a mask mandate and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/newsmd\/coronavirus\/6824462-North-Dakota-got-a-mask-mandate-South-Dakota-didnt.-COVID-19-cases-have-plummeted-in-both\">southern neighbor did not<\/a>, rather providing information to citizens and allowing them to make the decision themselves. Experts warn against comparing the two states, however, because of their varying tactics.<\/p>\n<p>Hoverson called mask mandates \u201cdiabolical silliness\u201d and reportedly discussed government-issued mask mandates as part of a larger conspiracy led by \u201cunelected, wealthy bureaucrats who are robbing our freedoms and perpetuating lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other supporters of the bill claimed that wearing masks does not help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The only lawmaker to speak out against the piece of legislation was Republican state Rep. Jason Dockter, who said the state should allow counties, schools, employers, and cities \u201clocal control\u201d over their decisions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/government-and-politics\/6899976-North-Dakota-House-advances-bill-barring-government-from-mandating-masks\">The Herald<\/a> reports that while COVID-19 cases dropped after the governor issued the mask mandate, experts have noted that this was likely because of many factors, including greater social distancing efforts and restrictions on the operation of businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The move from North Dakota comes as the CDC released new guidelines this month on the importance of mask-wearing, including double mask-wearing. A summary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/70\/wr\/mm7007e1.htm?s_cid=mm7007e1_w\">CDC<\/a> report released early on Feb. 10, stated that the CDC did experiments in order to examine ways in which to improve \u201cthe fit of medical procedure masks: fitting a cloth mask over a medical procedure mask, and knotting the ear loops of a medical procedure mask and then tucking in and flattening the extra material close to the face. Each modification substantially improved source control and reduced wearer exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/70\/wr\/mm7007e1.htm?s_cid=mm7007e1_w\">report<\/a> found that wearing a mask that fits tightly can help limit the spread of the coronavirus, noting that options include wearing a mask fitter, a nylon covering placed over a mask, a cloth mask over a procedure mask, or a medical procedure mask with knotted ear loops and the sides tucked in.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been criticized for saying wearing masks might be a practice in the United States for a while.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fauci-on-if-u-s-will-return-to-normal-by-next-year-it-really-depends-on-how-you-define-normal\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reports,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>[Fauci] told CNN on Sunday that Americans may need to wear masks until next year and that he can\u2019t predict when things in the U.S. will return to normal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou and the president have suggested that we\u2019ll approach normality toward the end of the year. What does normal mean?\u201d CNN\u2019s Dana Bash asked. \u201cDo you think Americans will still be wearing masks, for example, in 2022?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou know, I think it is possible that that\u2019s the case,\u201d Fauci said. \u201cAnd again, it really depends on what you mean, by normality \u2026 because if normality means exactly the way things were before we had this happen to us, I mean, I can\u2019t predict that.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/government-and-politics\/6899976-North-Dakota-House-advances-bill-barring-government-from-mandating-masks\">The Grand Forks newspaper<\/a> also noted that both the House and Senate in North Dakota require that face shields or masks \u201cbe worn in areas of the Bismarck Capitol building under the branch\u2019s control, though the rule is lightly enforced and oft ignored by lawmakers.\u201d House Speaker Kim Koppelman (R-West Fargo), reportedly reminded the lawmakers to wear masks on the chamber floor Monday, but also added that the rule might be reconsidered in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill Monday that would \u201cprohibit state and local officials, schools and businesses from mandating face masks.\u201d The bill passed by a narrow &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274007,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9D85A1CE-437C-4397-9802-7C0D1A2BC041_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Diabolical Silliness\u2019: North Dakota House Passes Bill Prohibiting Mask Mandates","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-163764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/9D85A1CE-437C-4397-9802-7C0D1A2BC041_1_201_a.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Diabolical Silliness\u2019: North Dakota House Passes Bill Prohibiting Mask Mandates","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}