'Mask patrols' will fine people refusing to wear face coverings in NYC

Increased enforcement in COVID hot spots

Coronavirus infections are spiking in several neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that patrols will issue fines to people who refuse to wear masks after being warned and offered free masks.

NEW YORK - In announcing a testing blitz to take place in emerging coronavirus hotspots in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio also warned that there is going to be an enforcement blitz.

Nine ZIP codes in the city are seeing a spike in new COVID-19 cases.

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NEW YORK - In announcing a testing blitz to take place in emerging coronavirus hotspots in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio also warned that there is going to be an enforcement blitz.

Nine ZIP codes in the city are seeing a spike in new COVID-19 cases.

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Patrols will start issuing fines to people who refuse to wear masks even after being offered a free mask and a warning that not wearing it will result in a fine.

"That will happen aggressively. Clearly, our goal, of course, is to give everyone a free face mask and get them to wear it," de Blasio said.

The mayor also announced that the city's health department has ordered non-public schools and child care centers to close if they do not follow the commission's order on health safeguards.

he city also reported that the COVID-19 test positivity rate topped 3% on Monday. That is the first time it has been that high in months.

The mayor warned that if the situation continues to deteriorate that the city will prohibit all gatherings that are not 'very small' and businesses that are deemed 'nonessential' will have to close again.

"No one wants that to happen if it can be avoided," de Blasio said. "If it does have to happen we will target it as carefully as possible but, at this point, it is a situation that is very serious and we have to have all options on the table."

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Comment by Less Prone on October 1, 2020 at 1:08am: Pandemic Is Over

"Dr. Mike Yeadon, a former Chief Science Officer of infectious disease for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, says “there is no science to suggest a second wave should happen.” He further stated that false positive results from unreliable COVID tests are being used to manufacture a “second wave” based on “new cases.” He said that, based on death rates and hospitalization, “the pandemic is fundamentally over.” He wrote a paper with two colleagues and stated that lockdowns have made no difference in infection rate outcomes, but the lockdowns are the cause of economic devastation. In Germany, an organization of 500 German doctors and scientists has formed, who say that government response to the COVID virus has been vastly out of proportion to the actual severity of the disease.

Charts based on European CDC data show the disparity between the number of claimed COVID cases compared COVID death rates make it obvious that politicians, health officials and the media are lying about COVID being an emergency that requires lockdowns and other tyrannical policies."

It's over folks!