Subject: RE: Exceptions to Mask Requirement Laws
From: Sheila Gall <[email-masked]>
To: Amanda Kellar <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 20:55:21 +0000

Washington’s Department of Health included protest best practices in its public education materials as a peer pressure tactic, with further suggestions that if you needed a medical exemption from a mask, you probably shouldn’t have been out in crowds in the first place (our state’s mask requirement doesn’t have a religious exemption either)
https://coronavirus.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2020-06/COVID-19_Stay_Safe_While_Protesting_0.pdf

Sheila Gall
AWC General Counsel
Association of Washington Cities
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From: Disasterrelief <[email-masked]> On Behalf Of Amanda Kellar
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:54 AM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: [Disasterrelief] Exceptions to Mask Requirement Laws

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A member is asking if anyone has a suggestion as to how to handle the issue of individuals and protestors taking advantage of medical and religious exceptions in a mask requirement law?  Please send your responses to me directly at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> and I’ll forward your responses to the requesting member.

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