SALT LAKE CITY A majority of Utahns support the ongoing mask mandate in Utah s K-12 schools, a recent Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows.
When asked if they agree with Gov. Spencer Cox administration s decision to continue the mandate beyond the April 10 date when the statewide mask order otherwise ended under HB294, 63% of Utahns said they either strongly or somewhat agree.
Meanwhile, 35% said they somewhat or strongly disagree with order while 3% said they were not sure, according to poll results.
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5PM: Utah s GOP governor has some advice for President Biden on COVID-19 vaccines this is his response
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YouTube: President Biden meets with governors to discuss COVID-19 vaccination programs 5/11/2021
SALT LAKE CITY Gov. Spencer Cox had a request for President Joe Biden to help motivate more people to get their COVID-19 vaccines one that the president welcomed with enthusiasm. (There s) one area we can use some help from the White House and others, and that is modeling what a fully vaccinated person can do, Utah s Republican governor told the Democratic leader of the nation on Tuesday. We have fully vaccinated people. We should start acting like it.
Gov. Spencer Cox had a request for President Joe Biden to help motivate more people to get their COVID-19 vaccines one that the president welcomed with enthusiasm.
“(There’s) one area we can use some help from the White House and others, and that is modeling what a fully vaccinated person can do,” Utah’s Republican governor told the Democratic leader of the nation on Tuesday. “We have fully vaccinated people. We should start acting like it.”
“That’s a good point,” Biden said.
The conversation took place on a call Biden hosted with Cox and five other governors both Democrats and Republicans to discuss each states’ successes in their rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines.