BY HANNAH BLEAU
North Carolina’s Guilford County is threatening “leveraged civil penalties” for failure to comply with the reinstituted mask mandate, it announced in a press release on Thursday.
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners on Thursday voted to reinstitute a mask mandate, which went into effect that afternoon. The mandate applies to “all persons throughout Guilford County, regardless of their vaccination status.” Those who do not could face “leveraged civil penalties,” the press release warned.
“Pursuant to the Guilford County Board of Health rule, individuals must wear face coverings when indoors in all business, establishments and public places. Failure to comply with this re-instated mask rule could result in leveraged civil penalties,” it reads: