Fri
Jan 22 2021
06:09 pm
Sec. 2. Immediate Action Regarding Federal Employees, Contractors, Buildings, and Lands. (a) The heads of executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall immediately take action, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, to require compliance with CDC guidelines with respect to wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, and other public health measures by: on-duty or on-site Federal employees; on-site Federal contractors; and all persons in Federal buildings or on Federal lands.
Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing
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Yeah, well, hasn't Fauci been
(in reply to jbr)
Yeah, well, hasn't Fauci been saying something like this for months? Right now there are still too many people wanting their rights of freedom to kill you and I. The TN Gov doesn't get the concept why should anyone of his minions?