By Wright County
Anyone who has been out in a public venue over the last few weeks has seen the growing number of people who have chosen to wear masks and face coverings. It has become a personal decision for many – some who feel a mask is a necessary precaution and others who believe they serve little practical safety purpose.
However, the requirement of wearing a mask have been a divisive issue for some businesses that won’t allow people to enter their buildings without a face covering. Earlier this week, Wright County wrestled with the topic of whether or not to require face coverings to enter county buildings and there were two distinct schools of thought on it.
Wright County Commissioner Darek Vetsch said this isn’t a black-or-white, yes-or-no issue. It’s more complicated than that.
“This has multiple layers,” Vetsch said. “Do we recommend people to wear masks? Do we require them to wear masks? If we go to requiring people to wear them are we requiring just employee or employees and the general public to wear masks? Then there comes into this that elected officials have the purview to do what they want regardless of what we decide, so there could be some inequities in the county that can cause contempt as well. There are a lot of pieces to move on this.”
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