{"id":2026012,"date":"2023-09-08T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-county-re-imposes-mask-mandates-at-government-buildings\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:21:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T19:21:54","slug":"alabama-county-re-imposes-mask-mandates-at-government-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-county-re-imposes-mask-mandates-at-government-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama County reinstates mask mandates for government buildings."},"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\">16<\/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%2Falabama-county-re-imposes-mask-mandates-at-government-buildings%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=2026012&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>An official in Dallas County, Alabama,\u2062 said the county re-implemented a mask mandate in county buildings that are open to the public, an indicator that mask mandates\u2063 may return en masse across the\u200d United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Probate Judge Jimmy Nunn stated this week that the\u200b policy was\u200c instated due \u200cto a reported\u200b increase in COVID-19 cases nationally and \u2062locally. There have also been\u200b isolated COVID-19 cases in county buildings,\u200c he claimed, according to a local media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waka.com\/2023\/09\/07\/mask-mandate-implemented-at-county-buildings-in-dallas-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WAKA-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt this point in time it is only being \u200dtaken effect in the government buildings that the public come into. And that will be the \u2063three buildings that we have. The \u2063courthouse,\u200b the annex \u2064and the \u2063administrative building. These three buildings in which the public come in and we provide services to the public,\u201d \u200dsaid Mr. Nunn, without providing more details.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\" id=\"in_article_related_stories\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure-5488328\">\u2018Don\u2019t Tell Them I Didn\u2019t Have It\u2019: Biden Skirts Mask Mandate \u2063After COVID \u2064Exposure<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dont-tell-them-i-didnt-have-it-biden-skirts-mask-mandate-after-covid-exposure-5488328\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/americans-divided-as-mask-mandates-make-a-comeback-amid-covid-19-surge-5487951\">Americans Divided as Mask Mandates Make a Comeback Amid COVID-19 Surge<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/8\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/americans-divided-as-mask-mandates-make-a-comeback-amid-covid-19-surge-5487951\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The risk\u2062 of contracting COVID-19 in Dallas\u2062 County, which is located in \u200dcentral Alabama and has the county seat of Selma, is currently considered relatively &#8220;low,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/covidactnow.org\/us\/alabama-al\/county\/dallas_county\/?s=47633511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> \u2064 from the Covid Act \u2063Now nonprofit and tracker. As of Friday, the\u2062 data showed that\u200b there were \u20636.6 weekly hospital admissions with COVID-19 per 100,000, while 1 percent of hospital beds are occupied by COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Epoch Times contacted Dallas County for additional comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Other Mandates<\/h2>\n<p>Last month, at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school district<\/a> in Alabama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/these-schools-across-the-us-have-brought-back-mask-mandates-5487628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandated\u2063 masks<\/a>. Officials\u2062 at the Kinterbish Junior High School in Cuba, Alabama, released a message on social media saying that \u201cdue to the slow raise [sic] of COVID cases in the area, students,\u2064 employees, and visitors are \u2062asked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/silo-star-tim-robbins-says-his-character-draws-inspiration-from-how-world-leaders-made-extraordinary-and-questionable-choices-during-the-covid-pandemic\/\" title=\"\u201cSilo\u201d Star Tim Robbins Says His Character Draws Inspiration From How World Leaders Made \u201cExtraordinary and Questionable Choices\u201d During the COVID Pandemic\">wear facial masks<\/a>.\u201d It did not say for how\u2063 long it would remain intact.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u200d Talladega \u2062City Schools said via Facebook that masking is being encouraged among staff members and students. Face coverings are\u2064 not required, it said in a subsequent post\u2062 that attempted to clarify the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Several public school districts in Kentucky and Texas have also canceled classes after COVID-19 cases led to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-county-re-imposes-mask-mandates-at-government-buildings\/\" title=\"Alabama County reinstates mask mandates for government buildings.\">reported widespread\u200c student absences<\/a> in \u200brecent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a\u200d lot of illness being reported \u200bconsistent with COVID and influenza,\u201d\u200d Scott Lockard, public \u200bhealth director for the Kentucky River District told\u2064 ABC News last month. \u201cLee County had a\u2062 surge of cases and attendance dropped\u2064 below\u200b the threshold needed to stay open, so they closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In neighboring Georgia, a small Atlanta college last month implemented a mask mandate for two weeks. In an update to media outlets, Morris Brown College&#8217;s\u200c president confirmed \u200con Sunday\u200b that the rule ended.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Students and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-truckers-should-attend-the-maskless-no-mandate-oscars\/\" title=\"Nolte: Truckers Should Attend the Maskless, No-Mandate Oscars\">parents arrive masked<\/a> for the first day of the school year at Grant \u2063Elementary School in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2021. (Robyn Beck\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More controversially, a school in Silver Spring, Maryland, announced it would require masks for a kindergarten class, including students and teachers, after several students tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditional KN95 masks have been distributed and students\u200c and staff in identified classes or activities will be required to mask while in school for\u200b the next 10 days, except\u200b while eating or drinking,\u201d Rosemary\u2062 Hills School Principal Rebecca Irwin \u2063Kennedy said in a letter, dated Sept. 5, announcing the mandate.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the United States, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said last week that the state would be giving schools more masks and COVID-19 tests.\u2062 Districts need \u200cto review the Centers for Disease Control\u200c and Prevention\u2019s guidance, she added, for\u200b COVID-19 and schools, which doesn\u2019t currently mandate masks.<\/p>\n<p>As mandates\u2063 return in\u2063 some places, \u2062several top Republicans said that Americans should not comply or would not be bringing the rules back. On Thursday, for example, Florida \u200dGov. \u2063Ron DeSantis appeared in a news conference, where \u2062he \u200ddecried the\u200b mandates at schools and promised that Florida \u2064wouldn&#8217;t be following suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we see thes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas County, Alabama, has reinstated a mask mandate in public county buildings, signaling a potential resurgence of mask mandates nationwide. 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