Peak Idiocy: Wisconsin Government Agency Mandates Facemask Use For Virtual Zoom Meetings

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Despite the deluge of data that continues to come in indicating that the coronavirus may not be the death sentence that the mainstream media has made it out to be, the sharp overreaction from those who can’t help but be scared half to death from the virus continues unabated.

The latest example comes to us from the Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources, who told its employees that effective August 1, they would have to wear a mask – even for teleconferences. 

Preston Cole of the DNR said in an e-mail to employees: “Also, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen — such as on Zoom or another video-conferencing platform — by non-DNR staff. Set the safety example which shows you as a DNR public service employee care about the safety and health of others.”

Gov. Tony Evers had put a mask order in place effective August 1 that mandates masks are to be worn whenever a person is in an enclosed space other than a private residence. 

DNR spokeswoman Megan Sheridan told the Kansas City Star: “By wearing a mask while video conferencing with the general public, we visually remind folks that masking is an important part of navigating the business of natural resources during this tumultuous time.”

Even the CDC doesn’t recommend wearing a facemask while social distancing at home under most conditions.

Sheridan concluded, justifying the idiotic policy: “We ask staff to wear masks when on externally facing calls is that, taken out of context, a screenshot of a staff person or high ranking department official, if not properly attributed, could be misinterpreted to suggest that state employees are not properly following the Governor’s directive.”

So what is the DNR more scared of: the virus, or being caught not virtue signaling at the right time?

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/peak-idiocy-wisconsin-government-agency-mandates-facemask-use-virtual-zoom-meetings

2 thoughts on “Peak Idiocy: Wisconsin Government Agency Mandates Facemask Use For Virtual Zoom Meetings

  1. Do we really expect anything less from such stupid people?!? The lunacy we have been witnessing will never end except when American Nationals force their right to have the Bill of Rights enforced as the Supreme Law, and that will only happen when these psychotic sociopaths are arrested, tried, and swing from a hemp rope. Until then, expect things to continue with this downward spiral of insanity.

  2. “Idiocy” is the wrong word in this title. It trivializes something so obnoxious and heinous: Forced Muzzling – and for no good reason!! – a violation of our freedom at the deepest level. Those who agreed to participate in this manner, this ostentatious display of subservience, are traitors to freedom, putting jobs before liberty. How would it have been if right in the middle of this broadcast they all ripped off their masks and said, “We don’t think so buddy, it’s once again 1775!!?” —> How we wait for such moments!!!!!!!!!!!

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