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To: Palm Beach County Commissioners Hal R. Valeche, Gregg K. Weiss, Dave Kerner, Robert S. Weinroth, Mary Lou Berger, Melissa McKinlay, Mack Bernard
Increase COVID-19 safety measures in Palm Beach County NOW
Take immediate and direct action to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Palm Beach County, including mandating mask wearing in all indoor shared spaces, shutting down businesses that are not in compliance with COVID-19 safety procedures, and mandated testing and contact tracing countywide.
Why is this important?
Since reopening, COVID-19 cases are dramatically on the rise in Palm Beach County. According to the Palm Beach Post, "with 1,682 confirmed COVID-19 cases logged in the first 10 days of June, the county is averaging 168 new infections a day — double the average number of daily new cases in April when only essential businesses were open."
There is a SMART way to safely get through the summer but it requires testing; the use of technology; public health experts; adequate and ACCURATE data that informs our every step. This only happens when our Commissioners agree to move forward in this way.
Palm Beach County Commissioners have failed to responded to this dramatic increase in any meaningful way. In light of this dramatic increase, County Mayor Kerner has not increased safety measures, but instead asked Governor DeSantis to allow additional categories of businesses in Palm Beach County to fully open -- all restaurants and shops, massage parlors and movie theaters. And while Commissioners have mandated that all people wear masks inside public buildings, they have not mandated mask wearing in other shared indoor spaces, leaving many in our community at risk for contracting the deadly virus.
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