Category: masks

Huntington Beach Councilmember Takes Heat for Anti-Mask Stance

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship star and recently-elected Huntington Beach city councilmember Tito Ortiz says he’s under fire from fellow councilmembers for his refusal to wear a mask during the ongoing pandemic. “It’s been a nonstop attack toward me,” Ortiz recently told The Epoch Times. “There are other city council members that don’t wear masks and they don’t get as much heat as me….


Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Defends Not Wearing Mask After Democrats Test Positive for COVID-19

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday said people who test negative for COVID-19 shouldn’t have to wear masks, as she defended not wearing one as the Capitol was breached on Jan. 6. Three Democrats who tested positive for the new disease this week blamed Republicans, including Greene, for contracting the illness. “It is absolutely…


House Approves Fines for Members Who Don’t Wear Masks

The House of Representatives on Jan. 12 passed a rules amendment implementing fines against members who don’t wear masks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had implemented rules requiring members to wear a mask on the House floor, but some legislators have been ignoring the rules. According to the resolution passed Jan. 12, the sergeant-at-arms “is…


House Approves Fines for Members Not Wearing Masks

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a rules amendment implementing fines against members who don’t wear masks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had implemented rules requiring members to wear a mask on the House floor, but some legislators have been ignoring the rules. According to a resolution passed Tuesday, the sergeant-at-arms “is authorized and…


Tesco and Asda Latest UK Supermarkets to Bar Shoppers Without Masks

Tesco and Asda have joined other major UK supermarkets in hardening their approach to shoppers who refuse to wear a face covering, saying they will be denied entry. Laws enacted in the spring mandate face-coverings in indoor public areas, with exceptions, but stores have generally taken a light-touch approach, preferring to offer masks for free,…


Morrisons Becomes First UK Supermarket to Ban People Who Refuse Masks

Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to explicitly ban people who refuse to wear a face-covering from entering their stores, unless medically exempt. The supermarket—the fourth-largest by market share in the country—did not indicate how medical exemptions will be identified or if they will need to be proven. Laws enacted in the spring state…


Los Angeles Officials Blast Anti-Maskers

LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Warning that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to come, Los Angeles County officials lashed out Jan. 4 at anti-mask protesters and other groups challenging health orders, saying they only need to look at overwhelmed local hospitals to see the deadly consequences of the virus. “Our public health officials have one…


New Analysis Finds Mask Mandates Not Stopping CCP Virus Surge

There may be more effective interventions to control the spread of the CCP virus in the United States and elsewhere than government-ordered mask mandates, the authors of a new study say. The 25 U.S. counties with the highest number of officially reported cases of CCP virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, have rigorous mask mandates…


Mask Mandates Seem to Make CCP Virus Infection Rates Climb, Says Study

Protective-mask mandates aimed at combating the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19 appear to promote the spread of the virus, according to a report from RationalGround.com, a clearinghouse of COVID-19 data trends run by a grassroots group of data analysts, computer scientists, and actuaries. Researchers examined cases covering a 229-day period…


Mask Mandates Seem to Make CCP Virus Infection Rates Climb, Study Says

Protective-mask mandates aimed at combating the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19 appear to promote its spread, according to a report from RationalGround.com, a clearinghouse of COVID-19 data trends that’s run by a grassroots group of data analysts, computer scientists, and actuaries. Researchers examined cases covering a 229-day period running from…