Talk:Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States

Draft for an article about the executive order related to the 100 Day Masking Challenge

This article has a section with information on the 100 Day Masking Challenge. I have created a draft of an article for the related executive order "Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing". As the first executive order official signed by Biden, I feel it is worthy of its own article. Since this article has a section on the executive order and related masking challenge, I thought I'd mention it here in case anyone would like to help expand it before it gets submitted as an actual article when its ready. The draft is at Draft:Executive Order 13991 -Greshthegreat (talk)

Political section outdated

It appears that the political portion of this article is out of date with the latest entry being from July. Is there any interest in updating this section as there has been a lot of changes since July? Jurisdicta (talk) 00:07, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

POV pushing edits

A user is edit warring, reinstating their edits which violate WP:POV and WP:V. [1][2] Prcc27 (talk) 03:32, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

@Prcc27: I removed that user's edits. He used his own website as sources. I looked at one of the sources, and it was basically a synthesis of multiple sources that drew uncompelling conclusions. Breaks multiple Wikipedia policies. Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 04:36, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Pro-maskers are attempting to censor making this article more balanced by including references to scientific and medical studies showing that masks have been totally ineffective at reducing coronavirus spread and harm human health. Information pertaining to the Federal Transportation Mask Mandate was also removed despite the fact this is the most prominent mask policy of the U.S. federal government. There was a POV violation of this page before edits were made as it was tilted toward pro-mask viewpoints with only little mention of the other side's views. All references sourced are verifiable, thus there is no Verifiability issue either. Finally, when a user spends hours updating a page, he should not be attacked and have all his edits removed to a dispute over **some** of the changes. That is not proper Wiki etiquette and is extremely rude. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewnwdc77 (talk • contribs) 09:11, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

@Lewnwdc77: Your edits clearly have a prescriptive anti-mask tone; you're not making the article any more neutral. And you haven't done anything to address the concerns I raised, like how you're using your own website as sources and that your edits largely draw conclusions by synthesizing multiple sources, both of which are against policy. Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 09:52, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

• The article being pro-mask is actually exactly what it should be, because that is the mainstream view as advocated by the vast majority of government agencies, scientists, public health experts, and so on so forth, in the USA and otherwise. That's entirely normal, as per the NPOV policy (which states that article can be biased, if that bias is that of reliable sources). Of course, you can find people disputing almost everything, even well established and undisputable facts such as gravity, evolution, or the shape of the earth - doesn't mean the corresponding article needs to be neutral according to their minority point of view. An editor using their own website to promote such a minority view is in a clear conflict of interest, and also very disruptive. 23:47, 2 August 2021 (UTC)RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)

Unvaccinated exempt?

In the summary of orders section, why does it say unvaccinated people are exempt from some of the mandates: ("State mandates the wearing of face coverings; unvaccinated are exempt, except in Hawaii, Louisiana and most Nevada counties.")? Prcc27 (talk) 06:09, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Since it doesn't make sense and the rest of the table does not agree with that, I assume it's a typo and fixed it Saucy^{[talk – contribs]} 08:03, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

A timeline of Ohio's statewide mask mandate

I am new to this space. Here to discuss how far the state of Ohio has come with the mask mandate set in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The state of Ohio has declared a mask mandate which expired June 2 as the Ohio Department of Health lifted most other pandemic health orders. COVID-19 safety precautions remain in place in nursing homes and other group residential settings where there is heightened risk of contracting the coronavirus. Masks are required in indoor public places in Columbus, the state's capital and largest city, with the exception of state, federal and religious buildings.

March 14, 2020 Columbus reported its first case of COVID-19. Four days later Mayor Andrew Ginther along with Columbus Public Health Commissioner Dr. Mysheika Roberts declared a public health emergency. “This is not being overblown by the media. This is a real pandemic," said Dr. Roberts at the time.

March 20, 2020 Ohio recorded its first COVID-19 death. Gov. DeWine held a press conference foreshadowing what to come. “To my fellow Ohioans, for a while, it's going to seem like we are in fact living in a valley of death,” said DeWine.

March 22, 2020 Two days later, DeWine declared a statewide stay-at-home order.

April 27, 2020 DeWine issued a state-wide mask mandate for customers and employees under his re-opening plan. However, in a move that would spark one of many controversial decisions, DeWine changes course. The next day, he explains his mask reversal. “People who are shopping, going into a retail business it’s offensive to some of our Ohioans. I've heard you and we are not going to mandate this,” he said.

July 8, 2020 Gov. DeWine orders mask coverings in public in Franklin and six other counties. The state launched a health advisory system in July 2020 that tracked the severity of COVID-19. The system had four levels showing the risk of each county and Franklin County was "red" or Level 3.

July 23, 2020 More than two months after reversing his course on a statewide mask mandate, DeWine issued his mandatory mask order.

May 12, 2021 During a statewide address, the governor announced the state's COVID-19 health orders would be lifted on June 2. Along with the announcement, DeWine also caught the nation's attention when he announced the 'Vax-a-Million' lottery. Five Ohioans 18 years and older who have started the vaccine process could sign up to win $1 million. Five Ohio children between the ages of 12 and 17 can also win a four-year scholarship to any college in the state. The lottery was designed to incentivize people to get the vaccine ahead of the health orders being lifted.

In Columbus, going into 2022 the enforcement of the current local mask mandate is less strict than it was earlier in the pandemic when Ohio was under a statewide mask mandate and state investigators were citing noncompliant business. As a result, more Columbus businesses have flouted this local mandate, letting their employees and customers go maskless. The new mask mandate applies to public-facing venues, such as grocery stores, restaurants, theaters and shops, but does not apply to private offices. It includes an exception for strenuous indoor physical activity at gyms and fitness centers, and masks are not required while eating or drinking. The mask ordinance in Columbus was written to remain in effect until the mayor ends the proclamation of emergency for COVID-19, barring any action by the council to end the mandate before then.

Escrystal (talk) 19:58, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Lede

Best practices suggest we should seek to have it be only four paragraphs long. 2603:7000:2143:8500:D4E8:65CA:6367:2246 (talk) 22:41, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

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