Monday, May 17, 2021

Mayor Keeps Mask Mandate in Place

The mask mandate will remain in place in Jackson for now.  Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced he was keeping the order in place at his weekly press conference today.  The Mayor said:

What we believe is that the city of Jackson having only a vaccination rate of maybe 36% , sorry, Hinds County having a vaccination rate of 36%, that is too low of a percentage to lift our mask mandate at this time. I do want to indicate that while that number is low, it represents one of the higher vaccination rates in the general area. We all have to improve our job of getting vaccinated. ...

We are tossing around some internal numbers in terms of what we want to see. We will not share that at this time before you ask because we want to make sure we are doing so in the most effective way and we don't want to throw out a number and then question why is that the number... but we do know that 36% is not it. 

(In response to a media question) What I will say is that the city of Jackson's process in dealing with this has always been about science, right.  We're looking at this from a scientific standpoint, not a political standpoint. And so we follow the CDC's guidelines.  That is informative to us, right? So we want to take that information and see how that applies to a city creates the safest environment it possibly can. And so this has always been our practice, this has always been our process.  You don't need your Mayor trying to give you health advice, you don't need your Mayor trying to operate on you, You don't need your Mayor trying to be your doctor, and so who I look to are the actual doctors, people who study health sciences for the instruction they give us. I will share with you nationwide, cities are still maintaining their mask mandates even after the guidance from the CDC has been issued. 

Additionally, the Federal government is still holding its mask mandate.... We can see a light at the end of the tunnel. ... We're making gains but those gains are going to be influenced by science and not politics.

Kingfish note: The Health Department's website states 37% of Hinds County residents have received at least one shot of a Covid-19 vaccine.  Only 32% have received both shots. 

31 comments:

Anonymous said...

Potholes and Police should be his highest priorities. Jackson’s pothole team is terribly understaffed. This guy is a complete joke.

Anonymous said...

It’s ironic that science is important for unnecessary mask mandates, but not so much a priority when it comes to clean drinking water. Didn’t dude hide the science the EPA presented for over a year? He’s such a joke!! How long will this community buy his bullshit?

Anonymous said...

What good was asking people to get shots? Those who have received both shots were told by CDC they are not required to wear mask!

Anonymous said...

Even though the CDC and numerous studies have proven that masks are BS and provide no protection?

Anonymous said...

Not to worry. As Chokwe concludes, "We can see a light at the end of the tunnel".

Anonymous said...

He can’t fix potholes, libraries, water bills, water pipes, the zoo, the crime, the litter but don’t worry. He’s gonna fix covid.

Anonymous said...

Someone said "Potholes and Police should be his highest priorities."

Last night coming home on I-55 northbound about High Street exit there was an 18 wheeler in the median that had burned. A couple firetrucks were there and a wrecker had 2 lanes blocked. Not a policeman in sight. It was a free for all trying to get through.

Anonymous said...

This will allow his beloved thugs to wear masks without suspicion while doing their evil deeds.

Anonymous said...

We're #1 in unsafe drinking water.
We're #1 in venereal disease infection.
We're Top 3 in per capita in murders (but rising fast!)

Yet Baby Chok want to focus on suppressing personal freedoms. I was driving last week when I saw someone driving alone and wear a mask. I'd bet $10 she voted for Lumumba.

Anonymous said...

If one drinks City of Jackson drinking water through a face mask, reckon there is less risk of poisoning?

Anonymous said...

7:22 come July 1 those incidents will be the MHP's problem. JPD has already adjusted to the new law.

Anonymous said...

He has a fair point regarding the poor vaccination rates in our area and state. Not surprised we are last in the nation again.

Anonymous said...

This is a mayor who governs a city that is out of control. He cannot control crime, public works, schools, or anything else. This mask thing is his only opportunity to show some visible authority over the unfortunate citizens he represents. He would like to demonstrate his "authority" as long as possible. It would be a good joke if it weren't so sad.

Anonymous said...

Number of people who respect this mayor and pay any attention to what he says?

ZERO-0

Anonymous said...

Jackson had a chance years ago to elect a mayor with real business experience and documented success. A person who could legitimately connect with a large portion of the Jackson residents-black and white. But, he didn't "shuck 'n jive" hard enough...so the people elected The Mumbler, Pt. 1. Thanks to JFP (https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2013/may/15/profile-jonathan-lee/) he was painted as the "Republican's Black Candidate". The paper poopooed him for trying to be a unifying force and a proponent of real meaningful progress (i.e., economic, educational, crime). But somehow we got this socially radical idiot.

...Good luck to all the liberals of all shades of the rainbow as you continue to prop up this rathole.

Anonymous said...

right

Anonymous said...

8:04 AM
I'm out of the loop which new law is this?

Anonymous said...

"Last night coming home on I-55 northbound about High Street exit there was an 18 wheeler in the median that had burned. A couple firetrucks were there and a wrecker had 2 lanes blocked. Not a policeman in sight. It was a free for all trying to get through."

Be glad. Pretty much all the cops would do is block more lanes and stand around not helping clean up the mess.

Kingfish said...

Lee did it to himself in that debate performance. If it was a boxing match, the fight would've been stopped 2/3 of the way through. Having said that, Lee wound up being dead right unfortunately on Siemens.

Anonymous said...

The Democrat way-

Anonymous said...

I'm having trouble interpreting the MDES data. Their most recent website chart reports Hinds County had 206 new cases over the two-week period of April 20 - May 3, or 88.9 cases per 100,000 county residents. Check my math, but doesn't 88.9 cases / 100,000 residents / 14 days = an average daily new infection rate of 0.0000635 for Hinds County?

Anonymous said...

But he's fighting crime, right? And fixing potholes & paving streets, right? And repairing a water system & being transparent about everything all the time, right?

Anonymous said...

8:55 what are you smoking? How many blacks do you think even watched that debate? What beat him was being pegged as the "Black but white candidate" and his life was even threatened several times as he opposed the Siemens deal. This "deal" allowed bogus companies, minority of course, to be created as "minority contractors" that were clueless as to what they were doing (MAC, Socrates Garrett, etc). Has Siemens wanted to, they could have destroyed Jackson in a prolonged court fight, but said screw this shit show of a city, pay up and move on. Lee was "too white" for the 90 IQ'd fools running this place. Kingfish do you actually ever penetrate the black community, or are you like most whites, and opine from afar?

Anonymous said...

And if you point out the lunacy of voting for the same incompetent leadership, the Jxn fan boys will immediately use one of the standard retorts: You are racist, what are YOU doing to come up with solutions, or mind your own business you don't live here.

What they mean is, stop saying mean things and just give us money to "fix" the cesspool we made and continue to perpetuate.

Real change is hard. Thus those real solutions fall on deaf ears.

Anonymous said...

The only people I feel sorry for are the elderly that can not sell and get out because there houses are not worth what they paid for them n the 60's and they are on fixed income. The liberal dbags that think this will all work out can ride it down and I will laugh at them as they go. Stick a fork in Jackson. I live in Hattiesburg and it's creeping towards the same stuff Jackson started doing in the 80's. If Things don't level out I will be in great plains somewhere when I can retire. I won't be caught not being able to move away for the drug dealing and boom boom music in the 'hood.

Anonymous said...

9:19

Yes, I'm sure I know what those "real solutions" are. Which time and time again, are things the state could don't but don't. I wonder why?

Anonymous said...

I wish the Governor would step in and publicly acknowledge that Jackson doesn't need the mandate anymore. Its crazy to think that a mayor has more power than an actual governor in this regard. One would think that a state mandate, or lack there of, would usurp a city's authority.

Anonymous said...

10:38- I am not sure what the state can do to fix Jackson.

Yes, a start would be for the voters to stop supporting politicians who think the current catch and release type of program is acceptable.

But the core problem seems to relate to a society that no longer embraces moral decency. There is no value placed on life or work ethics. Just possessions and power.

Fatherless children created in mass to mothers who have no plan to feed and cloth them with out government assistance, much less participate in their education...I don't know how the state fixes that.

But by all means, lets applaud the mayor and his focus on keeping masks. Virtue signaling is imperative.

Kingfish said...

Do I ever "penetrate" the black community?

You might be surprised.

Anonymous said...

May 18, 2021 at 7:47 AM
No.1 in Welfare.
No.1 in Obesity.

Anonymous said...

He won’t do anything to stop the killing, car theft, water problems , etc but will continue to focus on masks....

What a buffoon....


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