Community reacts to latest mask mandate extension
Community reacts to mask mandate extension
By Tristan Ruppert | January 16, 2021 at 6:48 AM CST - Updated January 16 at 6:48 AM
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The mask mandate remains in effect in all six coast counties after Gov. Tate Reeves extended his executive order through Feb. 3.
Many were hoping the winds of change would be blowing through the Magnolia State on Friday and that masks would no longer be mandated.
”The mask mandate being extended a couple of weeks is hurtful to the business down here,” said Ocean Springs Mercantile Marketing Director Eva Pund.
In fact, Ocean Springs Mercantile owners believe they wouldn’t have survived the pandemic had they not moved into a more heavily traveled area.