MANITOWOC - After the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared Gov. Tony Evers statewide mask mandate invalid last week, Manitowoc County Health Officer Stephanie Lambert said wearing masks could mean the difference between returning to normal and prolonging the pandemic. We re at a point in the pandemic nationally where it is vaccines versus transmissions, Lambert said. Each and every case that is transmitted is an opportunity for the virus to mutate, which threatens the entire vaccination campaign.
Lambert said she will not be issuing any mask mandates for Manitowoc County, but strongly urges residents to continue to voluntarily wear masks in public.