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Omaha Steve

(99,066 posts)
Sat Aug 8, 2020, 01:06 PM Aug 2020

Mask mandate appears to be making a difference in Lincoln (NE)

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Jeffrey Robb

As Omaha debates whether and how and when to set a masking order, Lincoln’s mask mandate just might be working.

In the nearly three weeks since the City of Lincoln mandated masks, Lancaster County’s average daily count of new cases over seven days has dropped from 48 immediately after the order started to 29 on Friday.

The most recent daily figures are even lower. On Friday, Lancaster County added 22 new cases.

That gets Lancaster County closer to a rate at which University of Nebraska Medical Center experts advise that schools could safely consider reopening — though still higher than recommended.



Jane Erickson carries grocery items out of A Street Market in Lincoln last month.

JUSTIN WAN/THE LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR

Read more: https://omaha.com/news/state-and-regional/mask-mandate-appears-to-be-making-a-difference-in-lincoln/article_f299701b-ec76-54bf-b3c4-66e9ca9d6420.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1



Omaha may pass a mask law Tuesday: https://omaha.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/omahas-emergency-mask-requirement-gains-support-but-two-council-members-want-changes/article_c60e6401-8a5f-53bf-9425-d87de69061ca.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1
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Mask mandate appears to be making a difference in Lincoln (NE) (Original Post) Omaha Steve Aug 2020 OP
Good soothsayer Aug 2020 #1
Great! I hope the same thing will happen in Omaha. highplainsdem Aug 2020 #2
Who would've thought n/t tom_kelly Aug 2020 #3
I know! Sheer craziness, right? (nt) stopdiggin Aug 2020 #4
And may we all say "DUH." CTyankee Aug 2020 #5
My nephew goes to school there Drahthaardogs Aug 2020 #6

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
6. My nephew goes to school there
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 09:38 AM
Aug 2020

They ARE having students report for in-person classes next week. All hell is going to break loose

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