Columbus ends mask-wearing mandate
Columbus City Council lifted its citywide mask mandate at its regular meeting Tuesday night, though not without some tense back and forth between two council members.
The council voted 4-1 to require face coverings only in city buildings. Ward 2 Councilman Joseph Mickens opposed.
Joseph Mickens
“I think we’re making a huge mistake here,” Mickens said before the vote. “I’ve got to totally disagree with you on this one. What I’m hearing, what the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is saying now, (is) that we’ve got an uptick with a new virus coming out now. But now we get a little pressure on us, we want to hunker down and get rid of the mask.
Council keeps masks, relaxes distancing restrictions
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Columbus ends six-foot social distancing mandate in businesses, keeps masks in place
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