NETWORK INDIANA
Indianapolis will require masks in public, starting next Thursday.Marion County becomes the fourth county in Indiana to require masks. The health department order requires masks indoors when you leave the house, unless you’re alone or eating. Outdoors, masks aren’t required if you can social-distance effectively — for instance, if you’re jogging or biking. Otherwise, they’re required for anyone three and up unless you have a medical condition that prevents it. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett acknowledges the mask will be inconvenient for some, and says he sympathizes with those who feel overwhelmed by the changes the virus has brought to everyday life. But he says he has no sympathy for arguments a mask requirement is an unjust burden or an infringement of civil rights. He says the evidence is clear that masks significantly reduce the risk of transmitting the virus.
