In a statement late Sunday, Salt Lake County Council Chair Laurie Stringham reiterated what her office told FOX 13 on Friday: she will not call a special meeting to vote on whether to override the mask mandate issued by the health department.
"We have lines hours and miles long for COVID-19 testing. We have many schools who have hit the test to stay requirement or are expected to be there by week’s end. We are hearing from mayors who can no longer fully staff fire stations, essential positions, and their police officers are all in overtime," Chair Stringham said in her statement."Our healthcare workers and first responders are facing staffing shortages for several reasons, including illness.
In her first public statement since the mask mandate went into effect, Chair Stringham said Salt Lake County could do better at distributing the appropriate type of masks to battle the omicron variant of COVID-19 that is hitting the community. Anti-mask activists have been pressuring county council members to overturn the mandate. Council Vice Chair Aimee Winder Newton tweeted on Sunday that one group sent text messages to all registered Republicans demanding the council overturn the mandate. She also shared a screen shot of a Facebook post where a man called her a particularly derogatory word over her support for this mask mandate.
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