President Joe Biden pledges relief to Kentucky tornado victims, Senator Joe Manchin stands his ground on Biden’s spending bill, and CEOs of major U.S. airlines questioned whether masks are necessary for flights.
Apple Makes Masks Mandatory at US Retail Stores
Apple Inc. will require all customers and employees to wear masks at its U.S. retail stores, the iPhone maker said on Tuesday. Last month, Apple had scrapped its mask mandate for customers at more than 100 of the company’s about 270 stores across the United States, according to Bloomberg News, as coronavirus cases declined. “We…
Federal Judge Blocks Tennessee Law Banning Schools Mask Mandates
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee’s government from enforcing a law that prohibits mask mandates in schools. U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, an Obama appointee, on Friday issued a preliminary injunction in favor of a group of parents who argued that their children with disabilities are more susceptible to serious COVID-19 complications without…
Maryland School Board Approves Regulation That Allows Schools to Drop Mask Mandates
Schools in Maryland can drop masks mandates if they reach a certain vaccination rate if state lawmakers approve a regulation that the state’s school board voted for on Tuesday. The Maryland State Board of Education voted 12–1 to approve a regulation that extends the requirement for children and staff members in schools to don masks….
Suspended UK Doctor Unmasks the Mask Mandate and Gets Reinstated
Commentary Freedom was something we in the West took for granted as an inalienable right, until COVID came along. Now it is a gift that our governments can “giveth and taketh away.” Having previously enforced three lockdowns and imposed heavy fines on those who flouted the rules, Prime Minister Boris Johnson granted UK citizens the…
Facts Matter (Nov. 26): People Ordered to Mask Up at Home; Fauci Says Definition of ‘Fully Vaccinated’ Could Be Changed
People in Santa Cruz, California, were ordered by their local government to wear masks in their own homes for Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, as the Biden administration is pushing vaccine manufacturers to increase their production, it’s worth considering the state of several highly vaccinated countries. For instance, both South Korea and Ireland have over 90 percent of…
How Face Masks Harm a Child’s Development
Commentary Should young children be made to wear masks? According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the answer is a resounding yes. The public health agency now urges all children over the age of 2 to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status. Of course, we can debate the idea of vaccinating kids in the…
Pennsylvania Governor to Allow School Mask Mandates to Expire in January
Public school districts in Pennsylvania will be allowed to remove their mask requirement in January, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday. The statewide mask mandate, which was imposed in early September in response to a surge in COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, is set to expire on Jan. 17, 2022. Wolf said at that time, schools may…
Masks May Be Harming Children, Study Shows
As any parent can attest to firsthand, our children—from tots to teens—have been experiencing more anxiety, psychological stress, and behavioral challenges since the COVID-19 crisis began in March 2020. Adults, too, have been suffering from extreme stress and anxiety. Now a new retrospective study, looking at data from late 2020 and 2021, confirms what so…
Louisiana Lifts Mask Mandate, Except for Schools Allowing Parents to Opt Students out of Quarantine
Louisiana is going to lift the statewide indoor mask mandate, except for schools that allow parents to decide whether to quarantine their kids after a COVID-19 exposure in the classroom, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday. “I stand here today optimistic, relieved that the worst of the fourth surge is very clearly behind us now,”…
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