Item
A Toothless Mandate: Sedgwick County's Mask Order, July 8 and 9, 2020
Media
Title (Dublin Core)
A Toothless Mandate: Sedgwick County's Mask Order, July 8 and 9, 2020
Description (Dublin Core)
After the city of Wichita decreed compulsory mask-wearing, the Sedgwick County Local Health officer issued an emergency order overriding the County Commission's decision to not make masks in public mandatory. The first order states that no penalties will enforce the mandate's provisions, while the second, issued the very next day, adds religious institutions to the list of exempted parties; a hot button issue that saw Governor Laura Kelly's administration besieged by lawsuits and accusations of abuse of power during the statewide lockdown. Therefore, these texts are products of the political tensions that hobbled Kansas's response efforts in the face of a surging COVID-19 crisis, with state and local leaders, most if not all of whom identified as Republicans, opting for non-existent counter-measures that prevented "executive overreach," but allowed the virus to flourish.
Date (Dublin Core)
Creator (Dublin Core)
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Partner (Dublin Core)
Type (Dublin Core)
Text
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Government Local
English
Clothing & Accessories
English
Public Space
English
Public Health & Hospitals
English
Religion
English
Health & Wellness
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Collection (Dublin Core)
English
Law Enforcement
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
07/10/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/10/2020
07/24/2020
07/27/2020
08/07/2020
02/05/2021
Item sets
This item was submitted on July 10, 2020 by Aaron Peterka using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
Click here to view the collected data.