LDS leaders issue mask mandate

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The top leadership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has ordered mandatory use of face masks in all its temples worldwide to fight the spread of COVID-19 and again called for members to get vaccinated, citing church history in prior pandemics.

Cases in the church’s home state of Utah and neighboring states are on the rise again and hospital capacity is stretched but the order is international.

Prior church leaders shared similar messages in 1900 about smallpox and in 1957 regarding polio. (Bloomberg News)

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