HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Should state lawmakers be required to wear masks while in session at the Capitol?
That question surfaced last week when MIRS News reported that the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration had apparently closed the book on the matter, saying that there would be no fines levied after a review of a complaint.
While Democrats such as House Minority Leader Donna Lasinski of Ann Arbor disagrees with the MIOSHA decision, second-term Republican Representative Brad Slagh doesn’t believe that masks will make a huge difference. “I do believe that they can make a difference,” he said during his monthly appearance on “WHTC Talk of the Town” on Monday, “I try to regularly wear mine because other people around me are uncomfortable without it, so that it’s something that I should be doing.”
Slagh believes that social distancing is more important than masks (medical professionals disagree) saying “I do understand (Lasinski’s) concern, and I’m with her and others who share that concern and I try to wear mine.”
MIOSHA officials recommend wearing masks. MIOSHA recommended that masks should be worn, noting in its report Michigan’s Constitution gives lawmakers civil immunity for all activities that fall within the legislative sphere.
