Some Jacksonville residents plan to continue wearing masks despite the city’s end of term

JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry removed Duval County’s mask mandate and in so doing said businesses can still require customers to wear masks.

Some storefronts in San Marco and Riverside make it clear that masks are still needed. A sign on the door of a Five Points store reads: “Sorry, no shoes, no shirt, no mask, no service. Please mask yourself before entering. “

“There will be a time when there will be enough vaccines to do this,” said a man named Nick who works in the medical field.

He said that although we are not there yet, he hopes we will be soon.

“I will probably still wear a mask personally. I think it comforts me a little more than I pass it on to anyone else, ”he says. “I’ve always gone out to eat and of course when you eat people don’t wear masks so I guess it would be a bit hypocritical of me to say that I won’t go somewhere if they don’t. not ask for a mask. I have always been to the restaurant in the meantime. “

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Jessica Eaton is a mother. She said she planned to always wear a mask.

“I don’t mind going to places that waive the mask mandate, but I will continue to wear a mask because of other people,” Eaton said. “If I’m asymptomatic or if my children are asymptomatic, I want to be able to protect my family members, anyone with underlying conditions.”

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So, while the mask’s mandate is no longer, stores, restaurants and other businesses must now decide to require customers and employees to wear masks.

Winn-Dixie grocery stores plan to continue requiring masks.

The Public Library is a city building, so you won’t have to wear a mask there or at City Hall anymore.

The BB restaurant in San Marco always asks customers to wear masks when entering the restaurant until they are seated. Employees will also continue to wear masks.

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The Shim Sham Room no longer requires its employees or customers to wear masks.

Dr Elizabeth Ransom, of Baptist Health, said that even as cases of COVID-19 decline and more people are getting vaccinated, the coronavirus is not gone and the masks should not go away.

“It really comes down to kind of a race between the vaccine and the variants,” Ransom said. “So I think we are maintaining our vigilance and continuing to wear a mask.”

The Duval County Medical Society issued the following statement: “While we understand that the mask mandate for Duval County has expired, the Duval County Medical Society and its Foundation strongly encourage the continuation of social distancing, the wearing of masks. and handwashing as a means to mitigate the spread of COVID-19[FEMININENousencourageonségalementvivementtouteslespersonnesàsefairevaccinercontreleCOVID19dèsquevousêteséligibleafindevousprotégerainsiquetoutenotrecommunautéalorsquenousapprochonsdelafindelapandémie»

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has never instituted a statewide mask mandate.