(Business Insider) Local mask mandates are reemerging as the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues spreading throughout the United States, driving up infection and hospitalization rates.
In Missouri, St. Louis and St. Louis County became the latest to adopt new public health orders requiring people to wear masks in indoor public spaces — whether they’re vaccinated or not. The new rules begin Monday.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles County reinstated its indoor mask mandate on July 17, citing a rapid uptick in new infections.
The mandates have in some cases provoked outrage. Missouri’s attorney general, Eric Schmitt, even announced on Twitter he intended to file a lawsuit Monday to stop the mandate.