Laredo passes law fining people up to $1,000 if they don’t wear a mask over nose and mouth.

Apr 2, 2020
11:03:35pm

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Residents in Texas city can face $1,000 fine for not wearing 'some form of covering over their nose and mouth' after new motion

Under a motion passed by the city council in Laredo, Texas, earlier this week, residents in the town can now face a fine of up to $1,000 for not wearing some form of covering on their nose and mouth in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490783-residents-in-texas-city-can-face-1000-fine-for-not-wearing-some-form-of

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Laredo passes law fining people up to $1,000 if they don’t wear a mask over nose and mouth.

SierraCoug Truly Addicted User

4/2/20 11:03pm

That's nuts!

cambo

4/2/20 11:06pm

It’s pretty standard for Saudi Arabia, and they’re one of our closest allies.

Y2k

4/2/20 11:42pm

RE: Laredo passes law fining people up to $1,000 if they don’t wear a mask

777

4/2/20 11:06pm

Good grief.

antiyewt

4/2/20 11:11pm

People have lost their freaking minds.

Samsonite

4/2/20 11:15pm

If that happens in my town, fine me.

antiyewt

4/2/20 11:24pm

At least those responsible for collecting the fines in Laredo have their faces covered.

Brisco

4/2/20 11:26pm

Americans are just letting their freedom be taken away without a fight

Blue Cougar

4/2/20 11:30pm

oh, so it's a basic right to leave your mouth and nose uncovered? huh, all these years, things I learn

ChinaFan

4/2/20 11:32pm

I'm sorry, I didn't know Freedom and the Constitution were on quarantine too!

carcoug

4/2/20 11:40pm

RE: oh, so it's a basic right to leave your mouth and nose uncovered? huh, all

Blue Cougar

4/2/20 11:40pm

oh, I'm dead serious. What a pitiful whine to think that complying with a local order to wear a mask is some kind of

ChinaFan

4/2/20 11:45pm

Maybe you lived in China too long.

antiyewt

4/2/20 11:49pm

Ding, Ding, Ding, Ding

carcoug

4/2/20 11:55pm

This truly can’t be a serious post. If so, too much time spent in China

shammy

4/3/20 12:05am

You need help

therockbenz

4/3/20 12:42am

Wow! You're one amazing dude. Hey, do us a favor and head back to China

Blue Cougar

4/3/20 12:45am

hey, how about that, I'm here right now, being awesome. Wearing my mask

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:50am

Hopefully China will be blackballed and as much industry as possible will move

kotacoug

4/3/20 12:57am

guess anything is possible

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:59am

Time was a long time ago.. but better late than never

cougfanz

4/3/20 2:50am

Has China reissued the little red book? Instead of killing all the educated

bald man

4/3/20 12:17pm

Says the dude who is a fan of China.

OceanMang

4/2/20 11:44pm

good or bad, that's true, very much so right now....because I'm ashamed that my home country now leads the world

ChinaFan

4/2/20 11:50pm

Lol

Idahofallsblue

4/2/20 11:55pm

It’s bad

YIsForBrigham

4/2/20 11:59pm

What a disgusting response. China is an oppressive country whose lies about the transmission of CV allowed it to spread

SierraCoug

4/3/20 12:03am

Yea, let's talk about the Country who acted irresponsibly in this crisis.....

carcoug

4/3/20 12:06am

did I say I was 'ashamed to be an American", neigh, I've bled for my country... and it's people who whine about

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:17am

The only part of this sacrifice that bugs me is how unevenly it is applied.

Colorado

4/3/20 11:17am

I’m seriously confused whether “your country” is China or the USA.

antiyewt

4/3/20 2:01pm

Maybe they can weld us shut in our homes too.

shammy

4/3/20 12:07am

If it is for the "greater good" seems like it.

dfudge

4/3/20 12:09am

Oh no, not even close. The only country that could have shut it down is the one you’re in, and they totally screwed up

Mike Honcho

4/3/20 12:09am

Oh please.

antiyewt

4/3/20 12:09am

Your “home country” = China, right? That’s the only way this comment makes any sense.

Pistol Shrimp

4/3/20 12:23am

really? how many years did you serve? I'm a little more pragmatic than some. I don't see evil behind every street

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:25am

I agree with all that. Except being compelled to wear a mask.

antiyewt

4/3/20 12:29am

Ha. This is funny considering in China you have to be blind to miss the face scanning cameras on every corner

YIsForBrigham

4/3/20 12:30am

oh man, and you think our country doesn't have cameras? TV might misuse them, and no doubt China has made them

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:41am

you foment a bunch of lies and innuendo here. They may be accessible by

bald man

4/3/20 12:28pm

I've traveled to a lot of countries in the world

AZ Coug

4/3/20 12:48am

Sadly, this all does happen. But, it is changing. Slowly, but they are learning slowly to think about others. But

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:52am

anyone remember the following s story....

kotacoug

4/3/20 1:01am

Sadly, it's part of the culture

AZ Coug

4/3/20 1:08am

It’s only been 31 years since the Tiananmen Square massacre. A peaceful pro-democracy demonstration resulted in

SierraCoug

4/3/20 1:21am

I don’t really care about being forced to wear a mask, but being “ashamed” of the US for spreading this pandemic

Pistol Shrimp

4/3/20 12:50am

You have some great insight from China, but these takes here are bad. What

777

4/3/20 12:38am

We have a full blown communist China sympathizer on CB.

ToasterChive

4/3/20 12:41am

Its gross. Ill never look at this dude the same.

Backcountry

4/3/20 5:59am

Leads the world? Look at the deaths per million

AZ Coug

4/3/20 12:42am

Decent post except I think you're confused about which country is your home...

Blue Cougar

4/3/20 12:48am

Man, I usually really like your posts. This one is terrible however.

Busting Coveys

4/3/20 12:49am

Wow What a terrible post. You should really take another look at

kotacoug

4/3/20 12:55am

Yikes. One of the worst takes ever on CB

Beggar

4/3/20 5:58am

Please stay in that hell hole of a country and never come back

Backcountry

4/3/20 5:58am

or maybe China could of just not let the millions continue to leave WUHAN. Maybe

bald man

4/3/20 12:19pm

You’re ok with this, really?

antiyewt

4/2/20 11:48pm

What do you believe is the intent?

Cosmo's Uncle

4/2/20 11:59pm

It’s a means for dramatizing the seriousness of the epidemic, to basically frighten people into compliance.

antiyewt

4/3/20 12:14am

Do you believe that's President Trump's intent as well? He said today that

Cosmo's Uncle

4/3/20 12:18am

no evidence? I wear a mask in a country every day that has 1.4 billion people who for more than two weeks haven't r

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:11am

Lol. Of course they haven’t reported anything.

antiyewt

4/3/20 12:22am

and again, your statement is lame. You act like the general populace was complicit in the virus issue, like people here

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:30am

Now this is just sad.

YIsForBrigham

4/3/20 12:22am

Do workers at the wet markets wear masks?

kcca

4/3/20 12:26am

yes, they do. Some markets have always had workers like the fishmongers who wear them. But, of course, now it's

ChinaFan

4/3/20 12:42am

Good. Next step, close them down. I’m sure no reasonable citizen will

kcca

4/3/20 12:50am

No new cases, except imported? Who is running propaganda in China theese days?

carcoug

4/3/20 12:27am

This is great. Dude thinks China’s data is legit! Hahahaha!

shammy

4/3/20 12:51am

Uh. Yes. Are you claiming it is not a right?

YIsForBrigham

4/2/20 11:58pm

Give an inch and they’ll take a mile.

kcca

4/3/20 12:04am

First speed limits, then seat belts and helmet laws.

Sumguy

4/3/20 3:46am

Lets not get over dramatic

ALC

4/3/20 8:03am

Do you say that because you have to keep you tushy covered?

StalwartBraveTrue

4/3/20 8:25am

What’s next, law forcing us to cover our rear ends.

Y2k

4/2/20 11:43pm

Or making us wear seatbelts! Can you imagine?

SandYFan

4/2/20 11:46pm

Really stupid comparison.

antiyewt

4/3/20 12:18am

They are actually unconstitutional as well. I follow them because it's

777

4/3/20 12:59am

Nah. Come to California there are beaches here you would love to visit!

calblue

4/3/20 1:27am

So it doesn’t matter what you use to cover your mouth/nose or whether it is doing anything? Sounds like

Pistol Shrimp

4/3/20 12:25am

I’m wearing one of these next time I go to the gas station mini mart.

kcca

4/3/20 12:29am

I wonder if a good ol’ Texas mustache would count?

NorthernLight

4/3/20 1:05am

I was going to post something about Texas, bandanas, masks, but then I found this

Residents in Texas city can face $1,000 fine for not wearing 'some form of covering over their nose and mouth' after new motion

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