Are you going to the Roots N Blues festival?

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Are you going to the Roots N Blues festival?

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The festival this year is touting a coronavirus-safe experience, with proof of vaccination or a negative test required for entry.

The festival this year is touting a coronavirus-safe experience, with proof of vaccination or a negative test required for entry. Show Less

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Some people might still stay away from the festival because of the high virus transmission rate right now. Others might choose not to go because of the vaccine and testing requi... Show More

Some people might still stay away from the festival because of the high virus transmission rate right now. Others might choose not to go because of the vaccine and testing requirement. Show Less

9 Comments

Steve TheBmann

Correct me if I am wrong, but they decided I can not go, not me. I've been going for several years and now they tell me I am not welcome. This is not the America I was brought up in.

Mark Cunningham

Too many restrictions. If you are so afraid of Covid that you must have proof of testing or vaccine, than you should just cancel the event. By having the restrictions i place you are discriminating against those who do not feel the vaccine is safe and those who do not want to be tested.

Will Mason

The price has become prohibitive.

Max DeYoung

And there is no guarantee there won't be any drive by shootings.

Harry D

Heck NO! Until Joe Biden wakes up and mandates wearing three masks, vaccines and weekly booster shots for everyone, and actually inforces it, I will not be attending any superspreader events like R&B. Everyone must do their part. As long as we obey our rulers we will get back to life as usual.

Zaos Gonzolez

This event is racist at its ROOTS! Columbia exploits its minority population, then excludes them from enjoying events with the elites. Columbia is corrupt and doomed. If you’re a minority, STOP PAYING YOUR TAXES TO THIS TRASH HOLE OF A CITY!

TRUMP 2024

My rights do not end where your fear begins! I will not be coming because of the vaccine mandate or testing!

Zaos Gonzolez

I wouldn’t touch the Roots N Blues with a 6 foot pole. We’re in the middle of a global pandemic. This event is a flop, no one will go because we refuse to kill our neighbors!!!!!!! ONLY PSYCHOPATHS WILL CONSIDER GOING!!! You hear that? PSYCHOPATH MURDERERS WILL ATTEND THE EVENT! This is a pandemic!

Harry D

But, but, but. Joe Biden said if we took the vaccine we would not get sick or die. Are you saying he is lying to us? What about Dr. Faucci, I know he is on both sides of every issue, but that is because the science keeps changing. As soon as all the kids are vaxed we will end the pandemic!

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Is it time to end most mask mandates?

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Yes

More and more public institutions are ending or relaxing mask mandates. Over the past week, the University of Missouri System ended its requirements and the City of Columbia end... Show More

More and more public institutions are ending or relaxing mask mandates. Over the past week, the University of Missouri System ended its requirements and the City of Columbia ended its mandate in most city buildings. Show Less

4 Comments

Max DeYoung

If your mask fogs up your glasses, or if you can smell odors through it, then it doesn't work. It should have never existed in the first place.

Kevin Wilkins

The pandemic is coming to and end. Also it is illegal to mandate anyone to wear a mask or get a vaccine for that matter, we are not under a dictatorship nor are we in a communist country. Wearing a mask or getting a shot is each person's personal choice and right.

Will Mason

Not "most". End them all.

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No

The Columbia Board of Education voted this month to extend the district's mask mandate and health officials continue to recommend people wear masks indoors.

The Columbia Board of Education voted this month to extend the district's mask mandate and health officials continue to recommend people wear masks indoors. Show Less

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Harry D

Even though humans have survived the evolution process for many thousands of years without masks or vaccines, we must NEVER end the mask mandate. As long as the human race inhabits Earth we must all wear masks and get weekly booster shots. Everyone do your part. Surrender control over your life.

Max DeYoung

I admire the people I see alone in a car with their masks on. Without them we would all be goners.

Audrey Shewmaker

This covid-19 is'nt over by a long shot. People are still getting sick vaccinated or not.

Wendi Newman

Mask mandates need to stay in place until we have a vaccine for all age groups and everyone who chooses protection actually has it. Then let the spreaders unmask.

Becky

Last time we ended the mask mandate too soon and cases went up....give it a little longer.

Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

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392 Votes

Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

24%

Yes Yes

76%

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Yes

Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that the act was potentially criminal and that the state would investigate and potentially prosecute the reporter.

Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday that the act was potentially criminal and that the state would investigate and potentially prosecute the reporter. Show Less

8 Comments

Justin Ballz

Reporter broke the law. Reporter must pay the price for being a perpetrator. State must arrest, charge and convict. It's that simple. End of story.

Max DeYoung

A responsible person would alert the State to this flaw so it could be corrected without costing money or danger to innocent victims. This so called journalist needs to do some hard jail time.

Justin Ballz

Agreed.

Will Mason

I voted yes due to the incredibly biased way your question is posed. The question should say " should the state investigate the reporterwho hacked the system." he did not do it to expose flaws. He did it to dig up dirt. Exposing the flaw was a side effect. Not the intent.

Justin Ballz

Yes, reporter is at fault. Must face consequences.

Vernon Taylor

Politically motivated and potentially (read most likely) criminal - that is an apt description of the St. Louis Post Disgrace.

Justin Ballz

100% true. Reporter is the perp. Must be arrested, charged and convicted.

76%

No

The reporter, who works for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported that Social Security numbers on an education department website were easily accessible. The paper held the stor... Show More

The reporter, who works for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reported that Social Security numbers on an education department website were easily accessible. The paper held the story until it notified state officials. Show Less

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Wendi Newman

The reporter just did their job. Parson just doesn't want to take responsibility.

Max DeYoung

If that is true, then the reporter can institute legal proceedings against Parson and get rich, unless the very biased press is not telling the truth. We will see.

Brian Jones

Because the reporter did nothing with the info except report it to the people that needed to fix it. Parsons has no clue of how to run Missouri.

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Are you going to the Roots N Blues festival?

9% Yes Yes

91% No No

9% Yes

91% No

Is it time to end most mask mandates?

52% Yes Yes

48% No No

52% Yes

48% No

Should the state investigate a reporter who exposed a flaw on a government website?

24% Yes Yes

76% No No

24% Yes

76% No

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