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Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?

Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?

Yes

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No

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Yes

Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?
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That One Guy
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That One Guy

I would like to see it return. The same selfish people will thumb their noses at public health. Our shared beliefs of compassion, empathy and community are being replaced by the idea of me and I. How does one believe they are more important than everyone else's life. Thank God I don't underst that.

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Amanda Ballard
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Amanda Ballard

Mask have been proven to slow the spread of covid and we desperately need this pandemic to end

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Jamal Bawadi
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Jamal Bawadi

Because our covid19 virus levels are high and being Masks Up until the levels go back down will help stop people get the covid19 virus.

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Pat Gerke
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Pat Gerke

We can work together to beat COVID by masking until we reach 80% vaccination

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Rob Galloway
Rob Galloway

What if we never reach it? What's the end game? People who aren't vaccinated now are probably never going to get vaccinated.

Miranda Jeffers-Crouse
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Miranda Jeffers-Crouse

Low vaccination rates, high Delta variant spread.

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Rob Galloway
Rob Galloway

But masks were literally the only incentive to get vaccinated. Unvaccinated people will for sure not get it now. Why would they.

Nolanda Dodd
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Nolanda Dodd

If we ever want to get rid of this ugly virus we have to get vaccinated and wear our masks until it is gone!!!

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Rob Galloway
Rob Galloway

If masks get reinstated we will wear them forever unvaccinated people don't want to get vaccinated. Even if the mandate gets reinstated they still won't wear masks. It will literally only be people who are vaccinated.

Sheila Gann Heather
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Sheila Gann Heather

You can ask this question in another way. "Do you want the covid illness to continue to spread unchecked, causing severe illness and death to some in your community?"

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No

Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?
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Jenn Pruett
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Jenn Pruett

This should be a personal choice. We are smarter then "whoever" thinks.

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Debra Riffle
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Debra Riffle

cases are up. What we aren't told is how many of these are asymptomatic, how many with very mild symptoms, and importantly, how many of these were fully vaccinated. No one is talking about new deaths in Columbia and County, because there haven't been any recent ones here.

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Kent Airy
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Kent Airy

The masking mandates are a joke, remember the walking into a restaurant wearing it but once your seated you can take it off? Where are all these dying covid people? No we don't need any more goofy mandates that requires a bacteria laden petri dish covering our faces and restricting our oxygen. No th

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Max
Max

Surgeons wear masks so they won't get Gall stones. Ya right.

Rae Arnold
Rae Arnold

Wow really makes you wonder how all of those surgeons manage to keep themselves healthy while masked up?

Farron Klemme
Max
Max

Masks are good for people who are afraid of the dark. Masks are of no value to healthy and sane people. If you feel you need a mask, please wear one, or two.

Christopher Watson
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Christopher Watson

It's too hot for one thing, and it lowers O2 intake.

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Max
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Max

The government needs to leave.

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Larry Sabulsky
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Larry Sabulsky

The Government has done enough damage with mandates. Leave us along so we can resume a life without the Government tells us every move we can make. If you want to wear a mask, go ahead. it wont bother me, but don't try to violate my life with mandates that affect my life. America is about Freedom.

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Max
Max

Yea Larry!

Dick Diggins
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Dick Diggins

Masks hsve been proven ineffective and can cause breathing issues and harbor other bacteria

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Rob Galloway
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Rob Galloway

I already got vaccinated so I shouldn't have to keep being forced to be uncomfortable every time I leave my house.

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N0b0dy1987 W
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N0b0dy1987 W

They did nothing to stop the spread the first time. They're unnecessary. Just get vaccinated and stop living in fear.

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Colin Green
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Colin Green

Because there is no evidence that vaccinated individuals can spread covid in non-negligable #s.

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David Westfall
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David Westfall

It will wreak far more harm imposing it than not.

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Zaos Gonzolez
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Zaos Gonzolez

Covid still isn’t real.

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GH JCMO
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GH JCMO

If people can't be bothered to get vaccinated, why should I have to wear a mask to protect THEM?

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Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

I'm optimistic

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I'm pessimistic

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I'm optimistic

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No one has commented yet

I'm pessimistic

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Denzel McVeigh
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Denzel McVeigh

Trump and his goons in every state in every department are running it into the ground acting like it's the best thing ever and it's not. People are suffering now more then his first term or even during Biden term

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Max
Max

Then, you prefer the 9% inflation for 4 straight years, instead of 2.9%. Where did you get your economics degree?

Fred
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Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

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Fred
Fred

Compare November 2025 to November 2026 ... roughly same and 2026 figure was held down by the government shutdown. Let's check back at this time next year and you try to explain away the recession.

Max
Max

Inflation is less than 1/3rd of when Biden was in office. Fix your calculator.

Max
Max

Biden tactics were destroying the world's economies.

Max
Max

The U.S. dollar dominates the world economy due to its role as the primary reserve currency, backed by the massive U.S. economy, unmatched financial market liquidity, and historical inertia since the 1944 Bretton Woods system. It facilitates 88% of global exchange transactions, 54% of trade

Jamie Kochert
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Jamie Kochert

On a fixed income and everything is more expensive.

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Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

Yes

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No

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Yes

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Max
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Max

Incidentally, our previous president has not acquired enough money to build his presidential library, not even enough money for a presidential magazine stand.

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No

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Lynne
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Lynne

I have no desire to watch him spew lies and pat himself on the back. He's a sorry excuse of a human being.

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Max
Max

Thee truth is hard for some to swallow. Maybe you could find a Biden or Obama clip to watch?

Steve Baumann
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Steve Baumann

I didn't but have total support for the vast majority of what he has accomplished and is trying to accomplish. The country was harmed greatly by the Democrats, they plundered our wealth, Republicans also played a hand. No more.

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Fred
Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

Fred
Fred

Do a little research on how our national debt has grown under republican presidents compared to democrats. Also see how Reagan and "trickle down economics" is what put us on the path to financial ruin while creating the tremendous wealth inequality we see today.

Brenda Freeman
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Brenda Freeman

No i don't like listening to the lies that comes out of his mouth

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Fred
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Fred

I don't enjoy being lied to ...

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Max
Max

Going back nearly fifty years, when I was in the military, and Carter was the president, the military was starving. As an E-6 with a wife and two children, legally, I qualified for food stamps. Instead, I got a part-time job. Carter, was a far better president than Obama, and Biden. Facts are tough.

Max
Max

You got tired of that with 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Biden. That's over, now.

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