Washington's Mask Debate Heats Up

Raise your hand if you remembered there was an outdoor mask mandate in this state.

Yesterday, governor Jay Inslee took the mic yet again during the coronavirus pandemic and lifted Washington’s requirement to don facial protection outdoors as of February 18, which is to say he reminded many observers that this was even still a thing. The restriction only applied to gatherings of 500 or more people. How many of those have you been to recently?

More notably, Inslee did not announce an end date for the state’s indoor mask mandate, as places like California and Oregon have within the past few days. The governor says

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