Do your part, wear a mask: a request from community leaders in Flagler County

Mayors of Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell, Beverly Beach and Marineland are among those signing the letter.

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  • | 2:17 p.m. June 25, 2020
Jerry Forte, fire chief of Palm Coast
Jerry Forte, fire chief of Palm Coast
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Residents should continue to wear masks in public, especially where social distancing is not possible, and local leaders are lending their support to the initiative.

The following proclamation was sent to the media on June 25:

  • WHEREAS the Palm Coast Community has and continues to showcase our community strength by being resilient and compassionate throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; and
  • WHEREAS the Palm Coast Community places value on taking reasonable measures that serve to safeguard the health and wellbeing of our friends, neighbors, first responders, medical professionals, law enforcement officers and our most vulnerable populations; and
  • WHEREAS COVID-19 can easily spread between people interacting in close proximity-for example, speaking, coughing or sneezing-even if those people are not exhibiting symptoms; and
  • WHEREAS global health professionals note that virtually all of the communities around the world who have been most successful containing the spread of COVID-19 have embraced wearing masks as a means of mitigating the spread of COVID-19; and
  • WHEREAS the  Florida Department of Health recommends that face masks are a valuable tool to reduce community spread of COVID 19 used in conjunction with widespread testing, contact tracing, quarantining infected individuals, hand washing and physical distancing; and
  • WHEREAS wearing masks is one of the least intrusive measures to counteract the spread of COVID 19, while at the same time one of the most effective; and
  • WHEREAS the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings;

Now therefore let it be proclaimed by the leaders of your community:

Our community should rise up to the unprecedented challenge by choosing to wear masks in public, heeding the best advice of the Florida Department of Health-Flagler, CDC and other global health leaders. Join together with your family, friends and neighbors who have committed to wearing masks and play your vital role in proactively protecting members of our community by mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

Signed,

YOUR MAYORS

Milissa Holland, Mayor of Palm Coast

Linda Provencher, Mayor of Flagler Beach

Catherine Robinson, Mayor of Bunnell

Stephen Emmett, Mayor of Beverly Beach

Leslie Babonis, Mayor of Marineland

YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS/ EMERGENCY MANAGERS

Jerry Forte, Fire Chief of Palm Coast

Jonathan Lord, Emergency Manager of Flagler County

YOUR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Bob Snyder, Administrator of FDOH-Flagler

 

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