Mayor’s Order 2020-080: Wearing of Masks in the District of Columbia To Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 | coronavirus $1000 fine in DC to not wear a mask.... unless you are a federal employee Indiana has EO that carries 6 months in jail for no mask https://www.newsweek.com/indiana-face-masks-misdemeanor-eric-holcomb-1519982 Miami's mask police 39 Miami police officers to form mask enforcement unit The mask police have formed a 39-officer-strong unit in Miami to look for violators showing their dirty faces in public. Anyone caught without a mask will be charged $50 for a first offense, then $100. A third offense comes with a $500 fine, and arrest.
My favorite mask police are the crazies who pepper spray people for not wearing them, because I know just a few months ago they were the same ones who were screaming at people FOR wearing them.
Sheriff Billy Woods is balancing the risk of infection to his officers and the spread of infection to the public, against an expressed operational requirement for his officers' directions and commands to be clearly understood, with exemptions in specific circumstances.. Woods did not say that the Covid19 epidemic was a hoax, he apparently suggested that the science on the benefits of wearing a face mask (for Covid 19 as PPE) wasn't settled. The Trump administration's inconsistent approach to the issue of mask wearing, and Donald Trump's abysmal personal 'leadership' in respect of the the Covid19 pandemic, has given some other community 'leaders' the wriggle room to ignore the recommendations of the CDC and other public health organisations and just do their own 'thang'. It will be interesting to see whether Sheriff Woods's policy might change if appreciable numbers of police officers, court officials, and justice administrators become ill, and die of the disease.,,that would be a tragic tipping point.
Compare Florida with Australia Florida: Population (2020) 21.48 million / Covid 19 Deaths 9000 thus far Australia: Population (2019) 24.99 million / Covid 19 Deaths 361 Thus far Coronavirus (COVID-19) current situation and case numbers Yes, Donald and Ron are clearly on top of it. Yes, I can understand that, it obviates the necessity of actually thinking.
By the way, D.C. is under the direct rule of Congress just like Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Ok Florida land mass. 53,624 square miles Australia land mass. 2,969,898 square miles Probably helps y'all are a tad more spread out.
Neither populations are evenly distributed across their respective land masses. The Australian population is highly urbanised and the bulk of it is to be found in the cities and major towns, where population densities and community transmission opportunities are approximately comparable...though to be fair, we here in Australia have probably fewer holy rolling, tongues speaking, snake handling, gospel singing mega churches where Covid19 droplets can be spread more efficiently. Portrait of a population: what the Australian Census found