The City of Tulsa’s mandatory mask ordinance expires Friday.

Good.

It is questionable if a city like Tulsa can pass such an ordinance without being it being unconstitutional.

The ending of this ordinance doesn’t mean that a private business, like a restaurant or grocery, can’t still require customers to wear a mask. They are private businesses and can make such a requirement.

Churches in Tulsa that have been intimidated into forcing their congregations to worship online or to wear a mask in person should be relieved that the ordinance is dead. They, too, can still require masks if they so choose.

America’s strategy over fighting the Chinese coronavirus is all over the map – literally.

While Tulsa tried to clamp down, Broken Arrow and other suburbs made suggestions, not laws. New York and California enacted state shutdowns and infections and deaths soared. Florida targeted those most susceptible to the virus and stayed open. Florida’s strategy was a lot more effective, statistically.

Unfortunately, some politicians and some medical people want everyone to wear a mask every day from now on – despite the questionable science. Some want control while others are want to sacrifice the freedom of the public to try to stop every case of the virus.

Mandatory masks didn’t help much if at all. It’s good that they are no longer mandatory.