Ivey Extends Alabama’s Mask Mandate Into March

January 22, 2021

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has extended the state’s mask mandate that was set to expire on Friday.

Individuals in Alabama are required to wear a mask or other facial covering when in public and in close contact with other people through March 5. The “Safer at Home” order has been in place since July.

Ivey’s announcement came during a press conference Thursday in Montgomery.

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17 Responses to “Ivey Extends Alabama’s Mask Mandate Into March”

  1. ROBERT on January 28th, 2021 8:02 am

    I do not like being forced to do anything. I am 75 and do wear my mask in crowded stores etc but that’s to protect me from others who may have it and don’t know it. If you have common sense then you know what is best for you. if I was healthy and 20 I probably would wear a mask less.

  2. Betsy Peavy on January 26th, 2021 10:18 am

    Thank GOD that our Gov DeSantis believes we are all smart enough to take care of ourselves. I live very close to the Alabama border and the amount of people who think this mask mandate is the most ridiculous intrusion into our civil liberties is out of the roof. No one wears them in Orange Beach and Gulf Shores.
    Please wash your and hands and keep your space clean…you know all the things normal people do when you are dealing with the flu season. But wearing a mask is about as ridiculous as you can get.

  3. brianh64 on January 25th, 2021 6:56 am

    Bob,

    Please show me anywhere where the government has the right to restrict my movements, ways to earn a living. If you are so afraid for your health then please stay home.

  4. Ebola on January 24th, 2021 9:08 pm

    Wearing a mask has been proven to create more issues than it helps. Read the package that your China Made mask comes in

  5. Bob on January 24th, 2021 5:26 pm

    @brianh

    What Constitutional rights do you think you are giving up? Where in the Constitution does it say you have a God-given right to endanger the lives of your neighbors through your own negligence?

    For my own curiosity, do you extend the same argument to other people who try to protect their community? Do you think that people that wash their hands, restaurants that practice safe food handling, and people who take an Uber home after a night of drinking are “sheep” too?

  6. brianh on January 24th, 2021 5:43 am

    It amazes me to see how many have zero problems with surrendering their Constitutional rights just so they can be “safe”. How many days in and you sheep still can’t see?

  7. Rmb on January 23rd, 2021 8:31 am

    “ Biden says ‘nothing we can do’ to change pandemic ‘trajectory’ in coming months”, this pretty much sums up how well the 100 day mask challenge is going to work.

  8. Well on January 22nd, 2021 10:15 pm

    Wear your mask Bob and mind your matters.

  9. CW on January 22nd, 2021 4:51 pm

    It’s not doing any good without enforcement, and there aren’t enough cops for that. I see maskless people all the time in stores in Alabama.

  10. Bob on January 22nd, 2021 4:14 pm

    @Lifendason

    The point of wearing a mask is that it reduces the respiratory droplets that you expel when you cough/sneeze. Saying ” If you’re wearing a mask then your safe…right?” is like saying “If you are driving sober, why do you care if I drink and drive?”

  11. Lifendason on January 22nd, 2021 2:01 pm

    Thank goodness we have a Governor that has sense enough NOT to do this.

    I don’t see any reason to mandate wearing a mask. If you’re wearing a mask then your safe…right? No need to push your paranoia on someone else.

    Besides, it’s all about controlling you and it looks like on some its working. SAD! :(

  12. Fine with me on January 22nd, 2021 10:56 am

    I think all Governors have a tough job. I have no problem with our Florida Governor. I think he’s thought hard about his decisions and I’m glad he hasn’t decided to shut us all down. Sometimes you have to let people make their own wise decisions as they choose.

  13. Ken on January 22nd, 2021 10:41 am

    If only someone would enforce it how lucky we would all be.

  14. Roger on January 22nd, 2021 10:31 am

    When will people wake up. Alabama has been under a mask and social distancing order for several months and the number of cases are still rising. Why? Spreading of the virus is not at Walmart, dining out, or other public places. It’s from family/friends at home where mask/social distaning is not practical. Who’s wearing a mask to bed? As for Florida not having a mask order, the cases are no worse nor better than those in Alabama.

  15. Wendell Sanders on January 22nd, 2021 9:59 am

    Wouldn’t it be easier just mandate it till further notice!! That way she would not have to continually extend the mask wearing mandate. It’s the right thing either way!!

  16. EMD on January 22nd, 2021 9:08 am

    May God help this lady and give her wisdom. I am so glad I do not have her job.

  17. Bob on January 22nd, 2021 2:01 am

    Thank goodness. I wish our governor had as much sense as she does.

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