Monday, June 29, 2020

Flat Earthers among us

LA Times
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order June 18 requiring all Californians to wear face masks came as welcome news to those in the state concerned by the recent surge in COVID-19 cases. Nevada City Mayor Reinette Senum instead greeted the mandate with a message of defiance.
     “Our governor does NOT have that unilateral power to make such orders,” Senum said in a Facebook post, joining sheriffs in Orange, Riverside, Sacramento and Fresno counties who have said they will refuse to enforce Newsom’s decree.
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     Opposition to the mask order continues to stir. Members of the group Freedom Angels, anti-vaccine activists who have protested against the governor’s coronavirus actions, have accused Newsom of abusing his power.
     “Welcome to Prison Planet,” the group posted on Facebook....
San Diego Union-Tribune
… In Chula Vista, Mayor Mary Casillas Salas said she has seen people blatantly ignore both face masks and physical-distancing guidelines. The most recent episode happened a few days ago while the mayor walked her dog along Third Avenue.
     “I was walking and there was a group of people congregating outside a Jiu-Jitsu studio there,” she said. “There were a good 10 people standing outside the building and not a single one of them had a mask on.”
     When the city’s mayor approached the group – parents waiting for their children taking martial arts classes inside – “they looked at me like I was from outer space,” Salas said.
     Earlier this week, Salas compared people who refuse to wear masks outside to Flat Earthers.
     “I know that there’s a very, very small segment of the population out there – God bless them, members of the Flat Earth Society – that don’t believe in the science out there,” she said during the June 23 City Council meeting. “But you know what? It’s really important to be wearing those masks.”….


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