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Feb 27 2024
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Mask Mandate Iowa
FILE - Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Nov. 8, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. A federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, dismissed a legal challenge to Reynolds’ policy prohibiting schools from instituting mask requirements, which was brought by families of students with disabilities during the height of the COVID pandemic.
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Feb 27 2024
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Mask Mandate Iowa
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Jun 08 2024
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Rep. Miller-Meeks to Newsmax: Mask Mandates Not Based on Science
On Newsmax Saturday, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, voiced her concerns over Dr. Anthony Fauci's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Democratic Party's willing acceptance of authoritarianism. Appearing on "America Right Now," Miller-Meeks, who is an ophthalmologist, said the 6-foot social-distancing rule and mask mandates were not based on science and caused significant damage to
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Dec 17 2021
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Mask Mandates
“A mask mandate for shops and other indoor spaces in New York state took effect Monday as officials confront a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that masks would be required in all indoor public places unless the businesses or venues implement a vaccine requirement. The rule will last at least until Jan. 15, and enforcement is in the hands of
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Jul 26 2021
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Mask Mandates
“The United States is in an ‘unnecessary predicament’ of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday… [Dr. Anthony Fauci] said recommending that the vaccinated wear masks is ‘under active consideration’ by the government’s leading public health officials.” (AP News)
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Jul 28 2021
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Mandate the vaccine, not masks
With the rise of the delta variant and a rapid increase in Covid-19 cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on vaccinated people to wear masks indoors again in places where the virus is quickly spreading. At least some school districts will likely require masks this fall. Local governments, from Massachusetts to California, are reviving mask mandates.
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Jan 08 2024
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Mask mandate in Missouri reversed within hours
A mask mandate for city workers in St. Louis, Missouri, ended hours after it was announced. St. Louis's Department of Health told city employees on Thursday that they would have to wear masks indoors from Friday. The department cited a spike in respiratory illnesses in the region, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Medical institutions in California, Illinois, Massachusetts and New York
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Sep 05 2023
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Republicans Declare War on Mask Mandates
Mask mandates might be a relic of the past.
The federal government eliminated them at the close of the national health emergency declared around COVID-19, citing high levels of vaccinations that made the need to slow the spread of the virus even less prudent. Many businesses followed suit, with voluntary masking requirements in most stores dissipating as more and more people received
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Aug 22 2023
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Lionsgate, Others Returning to Mask Mandates
Mask requirements are popping up again with the growth of the EG.5 COVID variant, including at Lionsgate, where the Hollywood studio has restarted a mask mandate for its employees. The movie giant has told staff, via an email, that they must mask up on some floors of its Santa Monica office after several employees wound up sick with the virus. Workers were also asked to self-screen before
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Apr 20 2022
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Mask Mandate Struck Down
“A federal judge in Florida struck down a national mask mandate on airplanes and mass transit Monday, and airlines and airports swiftly began repealing their requirements that passengers wear face coverings.” (AP News)
“The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will appeal the ruling… The Justice Department will not, however, ask the court to stay the decision, meaning
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