Mask mandate - SquareOffs

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

Asked by ABC 17 News

1,527 Votes

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

56%

Yes Yes

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No No

56%

Yes

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance for people in coronavirus hot spots such as Mid-Missouri to wear masks, whether vaccinated or not.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new guidance for people in coronavirus hot spots such as Mid-Missouri to wear masks, whether vaccinated or not. Show Less

7 Comments

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.

Amanda Ballard

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

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.

Pat Gerke

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

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

Low vaccination rates, high Delta variant spread.

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

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

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

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?"

44%

No

Many people remain opposed to mask mandates and wearing masks. A political battle is raging in St. Louis County over a mask mandate there.

Many people remain opposed to mask mandates and wearing masks. A political battle is raging in St. Louis County over a mask mandate there. Show Less

14 Comments

Jenn Pruett

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

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.

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

Max

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

Rae Arnold

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

Farron Klemme

Masks do no good!

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

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

Max

The government needs to leave.

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.

Max

Yea Larry!

Dick Diggins

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

Rob Galloway

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

N0b0dy1987 W

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

Colin Green

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

David Westfall

It will wreak far more harm imposing it than not.

GH JCMO

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

Should a mask mandate be put back in place?

Asked by 13 On Your Side

7/20/2021

Should a mask mandate be put back in place?

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Yes WINNER

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Asked by ABC 17 News

511 Votes

Do you still wear a mask?

72%

Yes Yes

28%

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Yes

Public health experts say despite lower coronavirus case rates and increasing vaccinations, Americans should continue to wear masks to prevent another surge.

Public health experts say despite lower coronavirus case rates and increasing vaccinations, Americans should continue to wear masks to prevent another surge. Show Less

6 Comments

Amy

I wear mine until we have more people immunized or a sure-fire cure.

Justin Miller

As required by law but not in non-public places.

Letitia DenHartog

I wear a mask because I want to remain safe and believe that I can be a positive example for others until we get through this.

Steven Duncan

I work in Assisted Living and have to wear one at work. I also believe that masks are essential for public health. I usually don't wear at home or in the car.. I always wear a mask when shopping or visiting businesses. I did get my second Pfizer vaccine at my job 1st week of February.

Ian Simms

It's common sense

Lorrie Evelyn Furrer

Of course.

28%

No

Some people have rejected masks from the start while others are growing weary of wearing them.

Some people have rejected masks from the start while others are growing weary of wearing them. Show Less

6 Comments

Christopher Watson

i ONLY HAVE WORN ONE IN STORES, never anywhere else, still not sick!

Max

Because they are as effective at stopping the virus, as chain link fences are at keeping mosquitoes out of my yard.

Kellie Duncan

Already had vaccine

Manda Gracie

I only where a mask where forced to. I prefer to travel to do my shopping in counties where they’re not required. Masks don’t make sense because no one follows proper guidelines, I’ve worked with the public the entire pandemic and haven’t caught the virus.

Zack Kempker

Never have

Patricia Boggs

Never wore a mask,

Mask mandate SquareOffs

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

56% Yes Yes

44% No No

56% Yes

44% No

Should a mask mandate be put back in place?

55% Yes WINNER

45% No

55% Yes

45% No

Do you still wear a mask?

72% Yes Yes

28% No No

72% Yes

28% No

About Mask mandate

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