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The Legal Roundtable discusses Amazon’s liability during a deadly tornado, a Cole County ruling on mask mandates and more.
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Studies have repeatedly found mandates encourage mask use and slow COVID spread. Politics and lawsuits make them unattractive to policymakers
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Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick said he issued the condition after Attorney General Eric Schmitt directed health authorities and school districts to stop their COVID mitigation efforts.
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Districts across the region are meeting to consider moving toward optional masking as soon as next month, if COVID-19 cases are not above certain thresholds.
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Jackson and St. Louis counties are asking to appeal a Cole County judge's ruling that said local health departments in Missouri cannot issue health orders. Attorney General Eric Schmitt declined to appeal the case.
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Though Missouri’s attorney general says a ruling from a Cole County judge invalidates mask mandates for both local health authorities and school districts, a St. Louis University law professor disagrees, saying it depends on who is issuing the order.
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The county council could still vote on a mask mandate, but it could take several weeks to go through the meeting process.
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Schmitt demands agencies stop ‘enforcing and publicizing any such orders immediately’ or face court action.
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Jurisdictions with mask mandates averaged 15.8 cases per day for every 100,000 residents, compared to 21.7 in unmasked communities.
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A Missouri judge has barred local health departments from issuing orders to protect people during the coronavirus pandemic.