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As business and community leaders, we are concerned over increasing COVID-19 infection rates and decreasing hospital treatment capacity. We are equally concerned with the potential impacts to the state’s emerging economic recovery. Public health and economic health are inseparably connected, not competing alternatives, and both are required to sustain healthy and economically viable families, businesses, and communities. To this end, we have drafted a statement calling upon state leaders to update health guidelines for the yellow, orange and red risk levels, to include the requirement to wear a mask in public places when social distancing is not feasible. If you would like your organization to be listed in support, please sign on to the statement copied below by clicking the link. The deadline to sign is Tomorrow — Thursday, July 2, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. MST. - - - - - STATEMENT: "As business and community leaders, we express our heightened concern over increasing COVID-19 infection rates and decreasing hospital treatment capacity. We are equally concerned with the potential impacts to the state’s emerging economic recovery. Public health and economic health are inseparably connected, not competing alternatives, and both are required to sustain healthy and economically viable families, businesses, and communities. "We recognize the business community has a role in achieving this balance between the health and economic imperatives. To that end, the Salt Lake Chamber partnered with local chambers and industry associations to launch the statewide Stay Safe to Stay Open campaign to promote the wearing of face masks in business environments, as well as to support businesses in following the health and safety guidelines recommended by the Utah Department of Health. "We likewise support the #MaskUpUtah public awareness campaign through the Utah Hospital Association as an important way to communicate to the public at large the purpose of wearing a mask. Sharing the message that wearing a mask is about respect and care for others is informative and important. "Additionally, the Governor’s Office of Economic Development has received funding from the state legislature for a consumer confidence campaign. We believe a key element of this campaign should include consumer health and safety best practices. We are hopeful these campaigns directed at business, consumers, and the public will make a difference in protecting the public and the economy. "We believe in particular cases private sector efforts must be coupled with government regulation, especially for the purpose of protecting personal health and rights of others. We see this every day in commerce such as not smoking in restaurants, using seatbelts in cars, and wearing hardhats in construction areas. It is in that spirit that we call upon state leaders to update health guidelines for the yellow, orange and red risk levels, to include the requirement to wear a mask in public places when social distancing is not feasible. "We are concerned without taking this step now, damage will be done to individual health and community economic well-being in the near future. We do not want to move backwards. To move forward safely, our businesses would rather comply with this requirement than have to close our doors." - - - - - If you would like your organization to be listed in support of this, please sign on by filling out the form below. This information may appear publicly online.