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Healthcare workers stress the importance of still wearing face masks during pandemic
Healthcare workers stress the importance of still wearing face masks during pandemic By John Fitzhugh and Yolanda Cruz | March 2, 2021 at 9:20 PM CST - Updated March 3 at 7:23 AM
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - Despite dropping the statewide mask mandate, Gov. Tate Reeves is still urging people to listen to their health advisers on how to avoid COVID-19.
In recent interviews conducted before Reeves’ latest executive order, registered nurses from Memorial Hospital at Gulfport were consistent with one message: continue wearing a mask despite the improving statistics.
“Just because things are starting to let up now doesn’t mean we can let up,” said Whitney Sutton, manager of Memorial’s intensive care unit. “Our hospitals, yes they are looking OK right now; however, in just an instant, we could be overcrowded again.