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Sep 06 2023
News
Maryland school brings back mask mandate ‘insanity’ for third graders
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
Bizpac ReviewApr 22 2024
News
Mexico's leading presidential candidate is stopped by masked men at checkpoint
Mexico's leading presidential candidate is stopped by masked men at checkpoint MEXICO CITY -Mexico is a country in the midst of a deadly turf war between rival cartels and government security forces. One of the symbols of that turf war are checkpoints. Sometimes they are run by municipal police or the military, other times they are run by mysterious masked men. They usually ask you a few
NPR Fact CheckFeb 14 2022
News
D.C. to drop indoor mask and vaccine mandate
D.C. will drop its indoor vaccine and mask mandates in the coming weeks, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.
Driving the news: The indoor vaccine mandate, required of restaurants, gyms, and concert venues, will be lifted on Feb. 15, the same day D.C. originally had required people to be fully vaccinated to meet the mandate. The city was the only place to impose such a mandate in the
AxiosFeb 10 2022
News
See Mask Mandates and Guidance in Each State
With the Omicron wave subsiding, many governors are once again revising mask rules and making plans to lift mandates for the general public, and in some cases in schools. Here is a list of upcoming changes:
Delaware will end its indoor mask mandate on Feb. 11 but will keep requirements for schools through March.
Rhode Island also will lift indoor mask requirements on Feb. 11 but
New York Times (News)Aug 23 2023
News
Uptick in COVID-19 cases sparks the return of mask mandates in spots
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
Washington TimesNov 23 2021
News
California County Mandates Masks in Private Homes
Amid the spike in COVID cases in the San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Cruz County has imposed a sweeping indoor mask mandate for private settings including homes.
For those gathering with people who don’t live in the same household, masks should be worn inside regardless of vaccination status, the county announced Monday. The guidelines also apply to businesses, with exceptions for eating
National Review (News)Nov 28 2022
Fact Check
Is Joe Biden's HHS Implementing Mask Mandates Again?
The use of masks to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 has lingered as a talking point, particularly among conservative politicians, even as case numbers and severity of the virus have fallen from the peak of the pandemic.
Many leading Republicans have been critical of the preventative measure, including (among others) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who earlier this year chastised a group
NewsweekApr 24 2024
News
DOJ Can't Explain To SCOTUS How 1986 Law Mandates Abortion
The Biden administration’s lawyer scrambled on Tuesday to explain to the U.S. Supreme Court how a 1986 federal law that promotes preserving the health of the mother and her “unborn child” in medical emergencies should require Idaho hospitals to perform abortions against exceptions outlined in state law. Idaho’s Defense of Life Act law, which went into effect in August 2022, prohibits abortion
The FederalistJul 23 2021
Opinion
Bringing Back Mask Mandates Is Pointless Signaling
Brace yourselves: Mask mandates are coming back.
The Biden administration is already preparing the public for the return of COVID-19 mitigation efforts, given concerns about the more contagious delta variant of the disease. The president is reportedly in talks with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reintroduce mask mandates and social distancing requirements—and on
ReasonApr 23 2024
News
Maine challenged to comply with new federal nursing home staffing mandates
As many as two-thirds of Maine’s 200-plus nursing homes will have to staff up to comply with new staffing mandates announced this week by the Biden Administration, according to main lobbying group. But many already are dealing with unprecedented staffing shortages that predated the pandemic and have only worsened since. “This staffing mandate is unrealistic in light of the historic and
Portland Press Herald