Philadelphia, which ended its indoor mask mandate on March 2, is looking at a new one

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Cheryl Bettigole, from BillyPenn.

We have noted Philadelphia’s Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole and her desire to control, control, control people’s lives. We pointed out that even as countries around the world, and many American cities and states were loosening or dropping restrictions on people that had been imposed due to the COVID-19 panicdemic — and no, that’s not a typo — the lovely Dr Bettigole, on Groundhog Day, said that Philadelphia is likely “several months” away from being able to drop its current restrictions.

Exactly four weeks later, on Wednesday, March 2nd Philadelphia ended its indoor mask mandate, and the Commissioner was forced to say said that she hoped that there is “enough immunity in the city that we really are at an end point.”

Now, not quite five weeks later, we find this:

With COVID-19 cases inching up in Philadelphia, city urges a return of masks indoors

As cases start to rise, Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole said “now is the time to start taking precautions.”

by Rob Tornoe | Tuesday, April 5, 2022

COVID-19 cases have once again started to increase in Philadelphia, and health officials are encouraging residents to consider wearing masks indoors in public spaces.

As of Monday, Philadelphia was averaging 94 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past two weeks, an increase of more than 50% over the past 10 days, according to the city’s health department. Test positivity rate has also inched up to 3.1% from a low of 2% in the beginning of March.

The city said 48 patients with COVID-19 are being treated in Philadelphia hospitals, five of whom are on ventilators.

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The slight uptick in cases comes as Europe has seen a wave of new infections brought on by a subvariant of omicron — known as BA.2 — which now accounts for nearly three-quarters of new COVID-19 cases in the United States, according to the CDC.

“As we see more cases of COVID-19 in the city, everyone’s risk goes up. That means that now is the time to start taking precautions,” Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole said in a statement. “It’s not required yet, but Philadelphians should strongly consider wearing a mask while in public indoor spaces.”

Philadelphia’s COVID-19 response level remains “all clear,” meaning there are no restrictions or vaccination requirements across the city. The city will require masks in indoor public places if two or more of the following are true:

  • Average new cases per day are more than 100 (currently at 94)
  • Hospitalizations are more than 50 (currently at 48)
  • Cases have increased by more than 50% in the previous 10 days

There’s more at the original, but it seems inevitable: Philadelphia will reimpose its mask mandate, and Dr Bettigole will be happy and dancing, though she might at least do the latter behind closed doors, where the people can’t see her glee. I do have to wonder, though: after two years of the city’s bovine feces, just how many Philadelphians will obey a new mask mandate?

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  1. One would think that after observable impotence of masks and the complete silliness of the things after all this time even the most brainwashed morons would wake up. But no. Democrats are the Party Pure and never admit error, fault, liability or even a mistake. Hell, dOwd still thinks FJB is a great president even after he’s brought disgrace to the office and humiliation to the Republic.

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