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After weeks of media reports pushing the concept of a late summer COVID-19 surge, there has been no shortage of fearmongers advocating for a return to masks, despite the fact that masks have proven to be an ineffective means of mitigation. With the fall school season getting underway, there’s a growing call to force children back in masks, and OutKick founder Clay Travis shared online a letter

Mask mandates are making a return to Lionsgate’s Santa Monica, California, office, according to a memo sent to employees on Monday. In the email provided to Fox News Digital, Sommer McElroy, Response Manager for Lionsgate/Starz, stated that "effective immediately" masks will be required on certain floors in their Santa Monica offices "until further notice." According to Deadline Hollywood,

Despite all other Democratic-run cities pushing to bring back COVID-19 mandates, one California city council has voted to ban them altogether. In a 4-3 vote, the Huntington Beach City Council chose to ban universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the city. However, there's a catch. Those who've tested positive for COVID-19 would still be required to wear masks in specific settings. Mayor

COVID-19 is surging again in the U.S., reviving the polarizing debate over masks and mandates even though the risk of hospitalization and death remains low compared to much of the pandemic. Weekly hospitalizations from the virus reached more than 12,600 by mid-August, or about double the level in June, according to federal data, as an alphabet soup of variants and new viral sub-lineages