Category: mask mandates

Arizona Judge Blocks Laws Banning School, City Mask Mandates

An Arizona judge on Monday ruled that the state’s ban on mask mandates in public schools, and other Republican-passed Arizona laws that block local governments from imposing COVID-19 requirements, are unconstitutional. The sweeping ruling from Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Katherine Cooper effectively clears the way for Arizona cities and counties to impose mask mandates….


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (Sept. 27)

Thousands of illegal Haitian immigrants are being released into the United States, and immigration courts are hearing their cases. A photographer defends border agents seen on horseback, saying the pictures of them are not what they seem. The New York National Guard may be stepping in to replace unvaccinated healthcare workers. This, while a rural…


Science Shaky on School Mask Mandates While Harms Ignored

News Analysis Should children be required to wear masks at school? A review of the costs and benefits, including some of the latest science, does not add much to the case for mandating school masks. First, some basics. The risk of death from COVID-19 among schoolchildren is very, very low. How Low? A Nature study…


San Francisco Mayor London Breed Caught Breaking City’s Indoor Mask Rule

San Fransisco Mayor London Breed was seen dancing and singing maskless at a nightclub, apparently violating the city’s public health restrictions. The San Francisco Chronicle reported the mayor was at the Black Cat jazz club in the Tenderloin, where she enjoyed a late night performance, along with other equally maskless guests. “The fact that we…


Texas AG Sues 6 School Districts Over Mask Mandates

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced he is filing six lawsuits against six school districts that have defied Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order on mask mandates. Abbott’s Executive Order GA-38 (pdf) issued in July served as a reiteration of an earlier order issued in May that prohibits local governments and schools from requiring masks indoors. Richardson, Round…


South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds State Legislation Prohibiting Mask Mandates in K-12 Schools

The Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled unanimously on Thursday in favor of legislation prohibiting local school districts from using state money to enforce mask mandates. “Specifically, the ordinances’ enforcement provisions unequivocally place the responsibility to enforce the mask mandate on school personnel, forcing school employees to choose between violating either state or local law,”…


Epoch TV Review: Vaccines: A Pound of Prevention Is Not Necessarily Worth an Ounce of Cure

In the latest episode “Warnings on Vaccines Being Ignored Under U.S. Mandates,” of the “Crossroads” series, host Josh Philipp interviews cybersecurity and privacy advisor, Rex Lee about the vaccine mandates and what it means to our health and legal protection. Lee starts by advising the audience that he does not consider himself an “anti-vaxxer” as…


California Parents Protest School District’s Mandatory Mask Mandates

As the school season begins in August, face-to-face classes are resuming in school districts of Los Angeles, but parents and students who want to return are faced with mask mandates. From the start of school this fall, the California government requires all K-12 students to wear a mask to school, regardless of whether they are…


Virus Policy Failures a Result of Government Intervention: John Tamny

Many parts of the world are introducing new lockdown policies, and many parts of the United States are introducing new mask mandates and vaccine mandates. Yet, have these interventionist policies helped the situation or have they made it worse? To learn more about this we sat down for an interview with John Tamny, Vice President…


How Government Intervention Led to Failures in US Virus Policy: John Tamny

Many parts of the world are introducing new lockdown policies, and many parts of the United States are introducing new mask mandates and vaccine mandates. Yet, have these interventionist policies helped the situation or have they made it worse? To learn more about this we sat down for an interview with John Tamny, Vice President…