Roughly 10% of the 400 legislators and staff at the Alaska State Capitol have tested positive for COVID in the past few days. But lawmakers say there’s little political will to enact tougher measures than voluntary masking and testing.
Shelley Hughes, R-Palmer, and several colleague during Wednesday's session of the Alaska Senate.
At least four legislators have publicly confirmed testing positive in recent days: Anchorage Democratic Reps. Chris Tuck and Ivy Spohnholz, North Pole GOP Rep. Mike Prax and Anchorage Democratic Sen. Tom Begich. But others at the Capitol were anxious that patchy adherence to mitigation measures throughout and outside the building could prolong the outbreak and continue to disrupt legislative business into next week and beyond.
“I kept my mask on the whole time. Everyone has their responsibility to behave appropriately and responsibly,” said Jesse Kiehl, D-Juneau, who set up the brunch with Eagle River Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold. “I wear an N-95 equivalent, and I only took it off to sip coffee.”The predicament facing lawmakers is “extraordinary,” and given the importance of their work and the fact that nobody else can do it, they should be taking extra precautions to make sure they can get their job done, said Dr.
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