Category: masks

Pregnant Mom Escorted by Police From Dallas Church for Not Wearing Mask, Gets Trespass Warning

A pregnant Catholic woman said she was escorted from the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas, for not wearing a mask and was later issued a trespass warning. “I mean, you’re going to arrest a 28-year-old nursing mom who’s already socially distanced? I mean it proves that it’s not really about the health. It’s just…


Texas Lifts State Mask Mandate Among Other Restrictions as Pandemic Sees Downward Trend

Texas on Wednesday lifted its statewide mask mandate enacted in mid-2020 while also loosening several other restrictions on businesses.


North Dakota House Passes Bill Prohibiting Mandatory Masks

North Dakota’s House of Representatives voted to pass a bill on Feb. 22 that will forbid future mask mandates in the state with a 50-44 vote, advancing the bill to the Senate. Rep. Jeff Hoverson of Minot sponsored House Bill 1323 (pdf), which states, “A state or local elected official, the state, or a political…


Federal Agents Seize About 11 Million Counterfeit N95 Masks

Federal agents have seized about 11 million fake N95 masks as part of ongoing investigations and efforts to prevent counterfeit masks from being sold to hospitals and first responders. The seizures took place over the course of a few weeks in operations across five states, with hundreds of thousands of masks seized from an east…


Biden Envisions Life With Fewer Masks, Less Social Distancing If Pandemic Response Goes Well

President Joe Biden believes that by the end of the year, life in America will be less onerous in terms of restrictions relating to COVID-19, but cautioned that he could be wrong. “All the experts, all the committee that I put together—the leading researchers in the world and the United States are on this committee…


Florida’s DeSantis Criticizes Media Over Coverage of Super Bowl Ralliers Not Wearing Masks

Florida’s governor on Wednesday criticized media outlets for focusing on post-Super Bowl crowds not wearing masks while reporting differently on protests last summer. “The media is worried about that, obviously, you guys really love that. You don’t care as much, if it’s a, quote, peaceful protest, and then it’s fine. You don’t care as much…


Video: Facts Matter (Feb. 8): Trump Jr: Here’s What Comes Next for Our Amazing Movement

In a new video from Donald Trump Jr., he lays out what comes next for the movement started by his father. According to a new report from America’s customs agency: China has sent over 12 million counterfeit masks. And that’s only the ones we know about. Furthermore, the agency also announced that last year, over…


White House Wants to Send Masks to Every Household and ‘Get Every American Masked Up’

The Biden administration hopes to revive a proposal brought up during the Trump administration to send protective face masks to every household nationwide. “This was an idea that really came up last year in the Trump administration—the public health agencies recommended it, President Trump vetoed it for some reason,” White House Chief of Staff Ron…


During Pandemic, China Sent Millions of Counterfeit Masks, Test Kits to US: Customs Data

China accounted for about 51 percent of counterfeit or substandard COVID-19-related products seized by U.S. customs officials from October 2019 to Sept. 30 last year, according to a newly-released report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Among the products seized by U.S. customs officials were over 12.7 million counterfeit masks, 177,356 COVID-19 test…


COVID-19 `Fatigue’ Causing Drop in Some Protective Measures, Study Finds

LOS ANGELES—COVID-19 “fatigue” is having a negative effect on some protective measures that people are taking to guard against the coronavirus—although mask-wearing is up, according to a new University of Southern California (USC) survey. Protective measures such as avoiding close contact with non-household members and staying home are waning as the pandemic drags on, the…