POLL RESULTS: Should Bangor Reinstate A Mask Mandate?

The results are in, and they are quite surprising!

Recently, the Portland City Council became the first Maine city to decide that an indoor mask mandate is necessary at indoor businesses. However, when it comes to restaurants, bars and clubs, and workout facilities, fully vaccinated people will be able to bypass this ordinance with proof of their vaccination records. This decision led us to ask you a poll question about the subject.

Hundreds of votes were cast the last few days, and while we suspected a 50/50 split vote-wise, it wasn't really that close at all.

Should Bangor Follow Portland And Reinstate A Mask Mandate?

No!
61.33%

Yes!
37.31%

I Don't Care
1.19%

Other
0.17%

Our listeners on Facebook had plenty to say about this topic:

Jessica Lynn
Though many have died because of Covid, it still wasn’t the “end all”, neither was delta and currently omicron isn’t either. In fact, omicron, the best one, one could get, could possibly be the end of covid. People need to put their faith in a higher power. That higher power isn’t Dr. Shah, nor is it Dr. Fauci, nor our governments. Can I get an Amen?

Alicia Briggs
No way. Everyone that wants to wear a mask can do so. This forcing people to do things that clearly hasn’t worked is insane!

Shawn Booker
F no!

Heather Ann
Last year when we all were Wearing masks the numbers were low and there was very little sickness: cold, flu, & Covid. Now the numbers are crazy with no masks and vaccines. I’m not a fan of the masks but if it’s gonna decrease the cases I’m for it. I wear a mask at work anyway.

Chasity Strout
I don’t mind wearing a mask if I have to but I don’t like the idea of mandating a vaccine that obviously doesn’t work. Numbers are at an all-time high with 3 available vaccines.

April Fasching Crawford
Hell no. Numbers were lower before masks and shots

Kelly Palmer Harvey
They need to focus on treatment. They've forced everything to try to prevent and end it, failing on every level. They need to learn the best treatments and not wait until people are on their deathbeds before starting it.

Gaynor Jewell Ryan
Nope. If you want to wear a mask you are complete free and able to do so.

Victor Lindquist
Hell no! If you want to wear one that is fine with me. Just because you want to wear one don't push it on to others.

Alec Reid Shannon
Reading these comments… just wow. This is why I don’t have faith in humanity anymore. This whole “ME ME ME, screw everyone else” mentality is why it got so bad to begin with. But hey, why listen to Doctors and other medical professionals.

Alan McLaughlin
Since everyone just wears the cloth masks (for compliance) and those are useless.. then no need to wear one when they are not doing anything.

Ronnie Dodge Jr
Stop riling up the masketeers. Play records.

Cathy Wheelden
Yes. Don't want to but need to stop this

Mitchell Carey
Yes these comments are honestly just sad. The people saying no we’re the ones talking about how we need life to get back to normal. However, even when presented with the options of doing so they’d rather politicize it or say no cause it’s inconvenient to them. GUESS WHAT PEOPLE THERE WERE MASK MANDATES IN THE PAST, MANDATORY VACCINES, AND VACCINE CARDS. Heck people are saying the founding father would be against this cause it’s against freedom. Guess what George Washington mandated troops be inoculated against small pox. The reason why we are going on year three of this pandemic is because people aren’t doing these things in the first place. Therefore the virus is mutating and sticking around longer because of it.

Michaela Ames
Nope. It’s never going to go away. We’re always going to have a new variant. Just like we do with the flu, almost yearly.
Each variant that comes out, is less then the one before. ‍♀️

Deanna Rice
We never should have stopped. The pandemic didn't end. Anyone who thinks they're 100% safe is a moron.
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Amy Bergeron
No

Tina O'Handley
No

Jessica Lynn
NO!

Nikki N Eric Lane
Yes

Kayla Webber
Nope

Deb Shaw
No

Anita Louise McCormick
No!

Aaron Harburger
No.

David Haverfield
Should be enforceable nationwide!

Tammy Splan
No

Amylynn Osborne
NO!

Corinne Daily
No

Alice Stratton Rancourt
YES!!

Victoria Johnson
No

Tracy Jewers Connors
NO!!

Brittany Leigh Baker
Not every business in Portland is enforcing it

Kevin Elgg Lippincott
Not in my opinion

Emerson Sikes
No no no!

Abigail Forrest
No!

Tina Michaud Gagnon
No

Todd McLeod
Hopefully not

Karl Hildebrandt
Hell no

Wanda Openshaw
Hell NO!!!

Melissa Seidell
Noooooo!

J.P. Perry
Hell No!

Brian Murphy
It's a little late now. The virus is an airborne one so if we weren't going to mitigate that from the start then we were never going to get ahead of it regardless of being vaxxed or not. The disease makes the rules not politicians.