Because of the dramatic increase in COVID-19 cases, every person over the age of 6, while in the City of Key West and away from their residence, is required to wear a mask, regardless of whether social distancing is maintained.
It continues to allow restaurant patrons to remove their mask only when seated at a table and eating or drinking.
Individuals violating this directive are subject to a second-degree misdemeanor charge, which carries fines up to $500, and potential prison terms of up to 60 days, with higher penalties for repeated offenses.
“We cannot stress how important it is that we slow this infection rate down,” said City Manager Greg Veliz. “We have limited medical support on this small island, and the counties north of us are major national hot spots. Please, everyone, take personal responsibility and wear a mask.”
As reported by the Key West Citizen
6 comments:
Good to see common sense being used. I'm sure Gov. Run The Santas didn't come up with that idea.
It is only the city of Key West. So far.
I forget what the potential fines are in their entirety as I'm not a scofflaw, but here in Alabama you can do up to 90 days for not wearing a mask inside a building. However not a single fine has been levied as every police department has been instructed not to be confrontational but instead to educate and hand out a free mask to any person without one.
That's the idea and around here for the most part it works.
MD went from a ~25% positive rate down to a plateau of ~5%; the masks do seem to be working. (I think we've got a $5,000.00 fine and a year in jail, but it's more for retail establishments that don’t enforce the rule. (With the caveat that the state doesn’t want teen aged grocery store clerks getting beaten or shot by customers who refuse to comply. ☹️) I don’t think we've had any fines/jail time imposed either, but the health department has been shutting places right down if they don’t enforce the rule. Especially if they get on FB and trash the governor and insist their staff will not wear masks. 🙄🙄 Google “grille at flower hill.”)
People really can be awful.
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