As Gov. Tate Reeves rolls back mask mandates and allows businesses to fully reopen, Tupelo health officials are encouraging residents to remain vigilant.
Reeves lifted all county mask mandates and allowed businesses to return to full capacity without any state-imposed rules starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday, citing plummeting hospitalizations and drastically falling COVID-19 case numbers.
David Wilson, president of North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, said that while the governor is correct about numbers declining, he is concerned that without a mandate the number of new cases will increase.
âI do believe, given itâs not required, we will see far fewer people wearing a mask,â Wilson said.
TUPELO ⢠Right around Christmas, Dr. Jay Dey and his family were watching the âTodayâ show on TV, when they saw a segment that got them off the couch and into the kitchen.
The piece was about Scott McKenzie in Huntington, Pennsylvania, who was furloughed from his job. Early in his furlough, McKenzie tried baking, and when he shared a photo of his results on Facebook, his friend Jeremy Uhrich commented, joking that he could make a better batch.
The pair squared off in a contest, along with one of McKenzieâs students, to see who could make the better chocolate chip cookie, judged by the townâs mayor. The studentâs cookies won in the end, and everyone left their extra cookies at the mayorâs office, where they were enjoyed by police officers, employees, and those working in the 911 dispatch office.
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