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Wed Aug 18, 2021, 08:34 PM Aug 2021

Minnesota State Fair urges but doesn't require masks, vaccination

Masks and vaccinations will not be required at the Minnesota State Fair this summer, but both are encouraged to limit coronavirus transmission during the 12-day event.

While fair leaders weighed mandates in the face of a growing COVID-19 wave, they envisioned enforcement problems and opted for a voluntary approach because the mostly outdoor environment reduces transmission risks anyway.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-state-fair-urges-but-doesn-t-require-masks-vaccination/600088899/

So if you go, you are on your own.

No info, yet, about carrying guns..

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Minnesota State Fair urges but doesn't require masks, vaccination (Original Post) question everything Aug 2021 OP
The Great Minnesota Superspreader Event will be held as planned... n/t TygrBright Aug 2021 #1
Gonna skip it this year. Ocelot II Aug 2021 #2
Nope. Blue Owl Aug 2021 #3
But they gotta carry the gunz, you know, because there are dangers out there!! Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #4
If the fair is too dangerous to attend without packing heat, why the hell go at all? Ocelot II Aug 2021 #7
And my point was that the Covid in the air can easily kill them. Against the Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #8
Nutz Deuxcents Aug 2021 #5
I was planning to go dflprincess Aug 2021 #6

Ocelot II

(121,236 posts)
2. Gonna skip it this year.
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 08:37 PM
Aug 2021

Even outside, too many people are too close together. And if the gunners are successful....

Scrivener7

(53,041 posts)
8. And my point was that the Covid in the air can easily kill them. Against the
Thu Aug 19, 2021, 06:05 AM
Aug 2021

unknown and unlikely danger, they will fight tooth and nail to have access to the gun, which is statistically dangerous to own.

For the known and definite danger, they ALREADY have access to the thing that will save them, which carries a miniscule risk, and they refuse it.

dflprincess

(28,507 posts)
6. I was planning to go
Wed Aug 18, 2021, 09:12 PM
Aug 2021

(even have my traditional "State Fair Day" pto approved).

But I've been rethinking that & leaning "No" for the last couple weeks. This decision pretty well seals the deal for me & as noted above, if the gun nuts win their case, it may be hard pass forever.

And I was so looking forward to fried olives.

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