{"id":"MET-SEA-036","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"King, Pierce, Snohomish, Kitsap, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson and San Juan Counties, Washington","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Local health officers of eight Puget Sound counties (joint statement published by Public Health - Seattle \u0026 King County); joined by all 35 local health jurisdictions Aug. 12, 2021","authority":"RCW 70.05.070 (recommendation, not an order)","instrument":"Joint recommendation of the regional health officers: universal indoor masking regardless of vaccination status","title":"Region\u0027s top health officials issue unified advice: Everyone should mask up in indoor public spaces","dateIssued":"2021-07-26","effective":"2021-07-26 (recommendation); made mandatory statewide by SOH Order 20-03.4 effective Aug. 23, 2021 and in King County by order effective Sept. 7, 2021 (MET-SEA-002)","end":"Superseded by the orders that followed","startDate":"2021-07-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["all residents of the eight counties, including customers and workers"],"clause":"We recommend all residents wear facial coverings when in indoor public settings where the vaccination status of those around you is unknown. This step will help reduce the risk of COVID-19 to the public, including customers and workers, help stem the increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in many parts of the state, and decrease the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant.","enforcement":"None (recommendation)","functions":["SF","CB","EMP"],"notes":"Recommendation only; catalogued because it is the Pierce and Snohomish health officers\u0027 own Q3 2021 position and the predicate the State and King County orders recite. Never to be cited as an order.","sourceUrl":"https://publichealthinsider.com/2021/07/26/regions-top-health-officials-issue-unified-advice-on-masks/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":190527,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-036","citation":"Local health officers of eight Puget Sound counties (joint statement published by Public Health - Seattle \u0026 King County); joined by all 35 local health jurisdictions Aug. 12, 2021, Joint recommendation of the regional health officers: universal indoor masking regardless of vaccination status (July 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-SEA-036)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-002","SEC-18-GM-029","SEC-18-GM-031"]}