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Outside Rochester, masks are a choice, not a requirement – Post Bulletin
STEWARTVILLE — While the mask mandate is in place for all public places in Rochester, across Southeast Minnesota the rule is to let individuals and businesses decide whether or not to free the face. “I’ve heard a lot of people say they carry (a mask) with them or in their […]
Masks forever? It could happen if a state senator gets what he wants | Quigley
If State Senator James Holzapfel (R-Ocean) gets his way, you might be wearing masks forever. That’ll be the only way to ensure you’ll be kinda safe in a public place. A bill he’s introduced in the State Legislature, he says will prevent development of “vaccine passports,” but it goes a […]
Here’s how two mothers in the same county have totally different views on masks in schools
Maleah has asthma and many other students at Navarre High School no longer wear masks, her mom tells CNN, wearing a KN95 mask as she chats outside. “It’s a very simple means to help prevent disease spread, and it’s been something that people have been doing for years,” she said. […]
Council keeps masks, relaxes distancing restrictions
The Columbus City Council voted Friday to end social distancing and capacity restrictions for businesses and restaurants, though the city’s mask mandate will stay in place. The council’s new resolution, recommended by City Attorney Jeff Turnage, encourages but does not mandate residents and businesses adhere to six feet […]
Henderson retiree still sewing love into masks for those in need
Wade Vandervort Sharon Royer, 77, is shown with face masks she made in her home, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Royer has made and donated over 7,000 masks. By Hillary Davis (contact) Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021 | 2 a.m. Sharon Royer spent half an hour sewing her first mask on March 22, […]
COVID-19: How much protection do face masks offer?
Face masks combined with other preventive measures, such as frequent hand-washing and social distancing, help slow the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19. So why weren’t face masks recommended at the start of the pandemic? At that time, experts didn’t know the extent to which people with COVID-19 […]
Do We Still Have To Wear Face Masks After Getting The COVID-19 Vaccine?
Seeing people wearing masks in everyday life is now the norm throughout much of the country — something that was uncommon in the United States until the coronavirus pandemic began in March. Over the course of 2020, we’ve learned that wearing a mask protects yourself and others from the coronavirus, […]
Best Face Masks To Keep You Safe And Warm In The Winter During COVID-19
Three seasons have passed since COVID-19 first broke out, and now the Northern Hemisphere is facing a long, masked winter. We’ll need to adapt our current face mask-wearing practices for the realities of living in a colder environment. The good news (if anything related to this pandemic can be called […]
How to talk to your friends and family about Covid, vaccines and wearing masks
Joel Husley’s 70-year-old mother is at high risk for complications from Covid-19. But even as cases skyrocket across the country, he knows she isn’t taking proper precautions. Husley said he can’t even talk to her about wearing a mask anymore. “She went from wearing a mask, to not wearing a […]
L-L League approves measure to require winter sports student-athletes to wear masks at all times | Sports
The Hempfield girls volleyball team willingly opted to wear masks at all times this fall – at practice and during matches. “We were all OK with it because we want our season,” Hempfield senior Emma Bitner told LNP|LancasterOnline in a postgame interview Sept. 28. “We obviously don’t want our season […]
Detroit mayor: ‘If you make a commitment to the masks, we don’t have to shut the economy down’
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan (D) on Sunday said mitigation efforts such as mask mandates have been effective in reducing coronavirus rates in the city, calling such efforts an alternative to mass shutdowns. “Detroit actually has the lowest infection rate in the state of Michigan,” Duggan said on CBS’s “Face the […]
Mall Santa photos during the pandemic include face shields, masks and plexiglass barriers
This year’s holiday photos will have a decidedly pandemic feel: No more sitting on Kriss Kringle’s lap or whispering in his ear. Instead, venues are increasingly requiring reservations, masks and temperature checks. Santa is hosting drive-through events, attaching face shields to his hat and trading in his white cloth gloves […]
Masks don’t lead to lung cancer but some include chemicals
CLOSE Comedian Kristina Wong formed an online community of “Aunties” to make homemade skull caps and face coverings for health care workers. USA TODAY The claim: The chemicals in your face mask are giving you lung cancer As health officials around the country encourage mask-wearing to slow the spread of […]
Overnight Health Care: US shatters single day COVID record with over 100,000 cases | Pelosi announces COVID-19 testing expansion for House | Two states to require masks in public at all times
Welcome to Thursday’s Overnight Health Care. We still don’t know who won the presidential election, but one thing we know for sure is that coronavirus cases are surging. The pandemic is becoming increasingly difficult to handle, and will be even if there’s a new president. We’ll start with numbers: A […]
15 kids face masks available to buy online
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. The CDC recommends that children over the age of two wear face masks to help slow the spread of coronavirus when in public or around people not from their household, and there is a wide range of choices made […]
The ‘dose’ of coronavirus a person gets may determine how sick they get; masks could help
Basically, it means that any substance can become toxic if given at a high enough concentration. Even too much water can throw off your electrolytes and be potentially fatal. Viewing the coronavirus through that lens — that the “dose” of the virus you receive might make the difference between being […]
The Third Coronavirus Surge Is Here And Masks Are Still Optional
The U.S. has entered an ominous new surge of the coronavirus pandemic, with more cases reported on Friday than any other day since the crisis began in March. And yet, in many areas of the country where infections are spiking, wearing a mask in public is still completely optional. Eight […]
Nearly 130,000 U.S. Lives Saved by March if Everyone Wore Masks: Study | Health News
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) FRIDAY, Oct. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A resurgence of the new coronavirus is bearing down upon the United States, with hundreds of thousands more deaths likely to occur over the next few months, according to one of the nation’s top epidemic modeling teams. But […]
Muslim women with ‘purdah’ or niqab not exempt from wearing face masks, says Dr Noor Hisham
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on October 22, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana More KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah stressed today that Muslim women who wear niqab, or veils covering their […]