{"id":1088072,"date":"2022-01-10T16:37:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T22:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1088072"},"modified":"2022-01-11T16:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T22:46:33","slug":"temporary-mask-mandate-at-etbu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1088072","title":{"rendered":"Temporary mask mandate at ETBU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/index-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1053452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/index-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/index-175x175.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/index.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>MARSHALL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c East Texas Baptist University implemented a temporary mask mandate ahead of the new semester. According to our news partner KETK, University President J. Blair Blackburn made the announcement on Jan. 7. Everyone on campus will have to wear a mask until Jan. 21 regardless of their vaccination status, except in residents&#8217; rooms. Masks will be required on campus, in offices, and on campus vehicles.  Blackburn said the institution is making these changes due to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the highly contagious strain of the omicron variant and in an effort to protect each of you and your families.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARSHALL \u00e2\u20ac\u201c East Texas Baptist University implemented a temporary mask mandate ahead of the new semester. According to our news partner KETK, University President J. Blair Blackburn made the announcement on Jan. 7. Everyone on campus will have to wear a mask until Jan. 21 regardless of their vaccination status, except in residents&#8217; rooms. Masks &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1088072\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Temporary mask mandate at ETBU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1088081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/index-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Temporary mask mandate at ETBU","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 18:55:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/09\/index-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Temporary mask mandate at ETBU","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1088072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088079,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088072\/revisions\/1088079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1088072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1088072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1088072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}