EXCERPT:
ADLER: "You know, it’s not based on the science and data, so it’s based on something else. And it could be the criticism here associated with the power going out, it could be the criticism he’s getting from the really far-right people in the state who have been complaining about masking from the very beginning, but it’s not the science and the data. We know that when we did this in Texas, cities stepped out first, the state came along later, the numbers started going down. Every time we have opened up the economy too soon, we started to see a surge again and that’s the concern, and especially here. You know, if you're under 65 and an essential worker, you’re about to be put into the position where you don’t qualify for the vaccine, you can’t protect yourself, and now you’re going to be a front line worker around people potentially that don’t wear masks. I can only hope that our community recognizes we still have a choice. Regardless of what the governor did, we can still choose in our city to act like we do have a mask mandate, for people to continue to wear it, for businesses to continue to require it, and that’s what we’re going to have to do."