A mandate from a local sheriff in Florida is going against the recommendations from science and government officials: masks will not be worn.
« Now, that ordinance exempts government entities and leaves the decision to the figure heads, » Woods explained in the email, obtained by CNN. « So, as for us, my order will stand as is when you are on-duty/working as my employee and representing my Office — masks will not be worn. » Woods then listed out a few exceptions when masks need to be worn: at the courthouse, schools, hospitals and while on patrol and responding to a nursing home or involving a « High Risk Elderly individual, » he said in the email. And the order doesn’t just extend to those on the payroll — anyone walking into a sheriff’s office, either the main office or a district one, will be asked to remove their mask, Woods wrote.
