Mississippi Governor nullifies most local public health and safety orders

[essentialsaltes]

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Gov. Tate Reeves signed an executive order early this evening superseding a patchwork of local bans on public gatherings in Mississippi and other heightened restrictions that several municipalities across the state have ordered or considered in the wake of COVID-19’s spread inside Mississippi. The state reached 320 official cases today, up 300 percent since 80 known cases on Friday.

#The order seems to declare that most types of businesses in Mississippi are "essential" and thus exempt from social-distancing requirements suggested in the order.

Reeves' order thus cancels "any order, rule, regulation or action by any governing body, agency or political subdivision of the state that imposes any additional freedom of movement or social distancing limitations

The order exempts several broad categories of businesses including department stores, as well as "offices" and any factories or manufacturing operations.

 

[JackRT]

Mississippi? Why doesn't that surprise me?

 

[ewq1938]

How foolish and irresponsible.

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Gov. Tate Reeves signed an executive order early this evening superseding a patchwork of local bans on public gatherings in Mississippi and other heightened restrictions that several municipalities across the state have ordered or considered in the wake of COVID-19’s spread inside Mississippi. The state reached 320 official cases today, up 300 percent since 80 known cases on Friday.

#The order seems to declare that most types of businesses in Mississippi are "essential" and thus exempt from social-distancing requirements suggested in the order.

Reeves' order thus cancels "any order, rule, regulation or action by any governing body, agency or political subdivision of the state that imposes any additional freedom of movement or social distancing limitations

The order exempts several broad categories of businesses including department stores, as well as "offices" and any factories or manufacturing operations.

 

[JackRT]

The only possible reason that might justify this is if he was prepared to immediately institute statewide rules on self isolation and social distancing and the like.