TONIGHT
TONIGHT -
TONIGHT - REACTION FROM THE PUBLIC -- AS IDAHO'S CAPITAL CITY
BECOMES THE LATEST TO
ISSUE A MANDATORY
MASK ORDER.
MAYOR LAUREN MCLEAN
ISSUED THE PUBLIC
HEALTH ORDER THIS
AFTERNOON.
IT REQUIRES MASKS IN
ALL INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR PUBLIC PLACES
-- STARTING SATURDAY
MORNING.
IT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
OUR MISTY INGLET SPOKE
WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE
TODAY TO FIND OUT HOW
THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS
NEW ORDER.
BUT MISTY, THERE ARE
SOME EXCEPTIONS...
KIM, THIS ORDER DOES
LIST
LIST A
LIST A FEW EXEMPTIONS FOR WEARING A MASK - SUCH AS OUTDOORS,
==IF== SOCIAL
DISTANCING OF 6 FEET IS
MAINTAINED.... CHILDREN UNDER 5 AND THOSE WITH MEDICAL
CONDITIONS THAT
WOULD BE AFFECTED BY A
MASK ARE ALSO EXEMPT....
I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL
PEOPLE DOWNTOWN
TODAY AND THE
REACTION? VERY MIXED.
ON WEDNESDAY, BOISE
MAYOR LAUREN MCLEAN
ISSUED THIS PUBLIC
HEALTH
ORDER....REQUIRING
HEALTH ORDER....REQUIRING CITIZENS TO WEAR MASKS
IN THE CITY.
ACCORDING TO THE
ORDER, IT'S BECAUSE OF A
RECENT INCREASE IN
COVID-19 CASES IN ADA
COUNTY....AS WELL AS
CITY WASTEWATER
TESTING SHOWING THE
VIRUS HAS A HIGH
PRESENCE IN THE
COMMUNITY.
39:44
COMMUNITY. 39:44 "IT'S A LITTLE BIT CRASS
BUT THE POOP DOESNT'
LIE AND SO WE'RE REALLY
ABLE TO USE THAT AS A
LEADING INDICATOR ON
PREVALANCE OF INFECTIONS IN OUR CITY AND IT'S BEEN ON THE
RISE." 39:53
MANY PEOPLE KTVB
SPOKE TO AGREE WITH
THE CITY'S DECISION -
AND ARE FINE WITH THE
ORDER.
AMY NGUYEN
2:10
"I THINK IT'S A REALLY
FANTASTIC IDEA. I THINK IT
HELPS TO KEEP THE
COMMUNITY SAFE 2:14
CARLOS BERNITT
4:16
"I THINK IT'S SOMETHING
THAT IS RELATIVELY EASY
TO COMPLY. SOME PEOPLE
MAY SEE IT AS AN
INCONVENIENCE BUT I
THINK YOU GET OVER IT
REALLY FAST ONCE YOU
THINK ABOUT THE
BENEFITS." 4:24
6:40 "ME I HAVE NO
PROBLEM DOING IT. I
MEAN IT'S A LITTLE
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME
BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING
TO HELP PEOPLE SO.." 6:46
KEVIN WILLIAMS
:19
"SINCE WE LIVE
DOWNTOWN AND SEE
THE NUMBERS JUMPING
UP, I THINK IT'S FINE. LET'S
TRY AND KEEP THE
NUMBERS DOWN." :25
JAIMEE MARTINEZ
3:09
"I THINK IT'S AN OKAY
THING. I MEAN, I THINK
WE CAN ALL DO OUR PART
SO I'M OPEN TO THAT - IF I
WASN'T SITTING HERE
EATING, I'D BE WEARING
MINE." 3:16
OTHERS DON'T AGREE
WITH MASKS BEING
REQUIRED....
JOHNNY SPROCKET
7:15
"I THINK IT'S BOGUS -
TOTAL INFRINGEMENT ON
OUR FREEDOMS.
HONESTLY IF YOU DON'T
WANT TO GET SICK, DON'T
GO OUTSIDE. I'M GOING
TO GO LIVE MY LIFE." 7:23
EMILY WILLIAMS
7:52
"I DON'T AGREE WITH THE
MASK THING.
ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU
THINK YOU'RE
PROTECTING YOURSELF,
WEAR IT BY ALL MEANS.
BUT IT OBSTRUCTS
BREATHING. SOMEONE
WITH ASHTMA, LIKE
MYSELF, I CAN'T WEAR A
MASK EVERY DAY - I
CAN'T." 8:08
AND STILL OTHERS SAY
THEY'RE NEUTRAL....
JEISSON CORTES
11:54
"FOR US, WE DON'T
REALLY CARE IF OTHER
PEOPLE USE MASKS OR WE
HAVE
HAVE TO
HAVE TO USE IT, BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT DON'T FEEL
COMFORTABLE WHEN
THEY SEE OTHERS
WITHOUT MASKS." 12:08
AUSTIN MOLDENHAUER
10:07
"IF YOU DO REQUIRE
MASKS, IT DOES PROTECT
MORE PEOPLE IN THE END
BUT ALSO IT IS FOR MOST
PEOPLE A PRETTY BIG
INCONVENIENCE..." 10:14
10:22 I'M PRETTY
NEUTRAL ON IT." 10:24
CANYON
CANYON COUNTY HAS ALSO BEEN SEEING A RECENT SURGE IN CASES
SO I REACHED OUT TO
SOUTHWEST DISTRICT
HEALTH TO SEE IF THEY
HAD PLANS TO ISSUE A
MANDATORY MASK
ORDER.
THEY SAID NO - BUT
TYPICALLY THOSE COME
FROM EACH CITY OR
COUNTY.
MERIDIAN'S MAYOR
POSTED A VIDEO TODAY,
STRONGLY ENCOURAGING
THE USE OF MASKS BUT
DID NOT MAKE IT A
REQUIREMENT AT THIS
TIME.
I ALSO REACHED OUT TO
THE CITIES OF EAGLE,
CALDWELL AND NAMPA
BUT DID NOT HEAR BACK.
KIM?
KIM? HAILEY, MOSCOW, DRIGGS AND MCCALL
HAVE IMPLEMENTED
SIMILAR MASK
REQUIREMENTS.
MORE DETAILS ON
BOISE'S ORDER CAN BE
FOUND ONLINE AT
KTVB.COM.
KTVB.COM. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TEXTING US QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE MASK
ORDER....
KATHEY ASKS - "HOW IS
THE NEW MASK RULING
GOING TO AFFECT
RESTAURANTS?"
THE ORDER INCLUDES AN
EXCEPTION FOR "PERSONS
WHO ARE EATING OR
DRINKING AT A
RESTAURANT OR OTHER
ESTABLISHMENT THAT
OFFERS FOOD SERVICE, SO
LONG AS THE PERSON IS
ABLE TO MAINTAIN A
DISTANCE OF SIX FEET
AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO
ARE NOT MEMBERS OF
THE SAME HOUSEHOLD
OR PARTY..."
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED A
QUESTION ABOUT
WHETHER MASKS ARE
REQUIRED INSIDE CARS.
IF IT'S YOUR OWN CAR,
NO...
BUT TAXICABS AND
RIDESHARES LIKE LYFT OR
UBER ARE CONSIDERED
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
UNDER THE CITY OF
BOISE'S ORDER, AND
MASKS ARE REQUIRED
THERE.
ONE OF THE REASONS
BOISE IMPLEMENTED THE
MASK
MASK ORDER -- PRIMARY HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP'S CEO SAYS THEY ARE
SEEING AN
OVERWHELMING DEMAND
FOR COVID-19 TESTING AT
THEIR