Two counties indicated they plan to defy the school mask mandate ban announced by new Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on his first day in office. Youngkin’s executive order requires schools to let parents decide whether their children should wear masks and for how long. Youngkin, a Republican, said mask requirements have proven “ineffective and impractical” and…
2 Counties Signal Defiance of New Virginia Governor’s Ban on School Mask Mandates
Sen. Gillibrand Vows to ‘Do Better’ After Being Spotted Maskless at Restaurant
January 16, 2022
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has promised to “do better” after surveillance video showed her maskless inside a New York restaurant, running counter to the requirement that’s part of the state mandate to mask up indoors or show proof of vaccination. “We all need to do our part to help stop the spread of Omicron and…
Biden Says Government to Make ‘High-Quality Masks’ Available to Americans for Free
The U.S. government will launch an effort soon to make “high-quality masks” available to Americans for free, President Joe Biden said Thursday. While there is an “ample supply” of top notch masks “at affordable prices” available both online and in stores, Biden said that for some people, “the mask is not always affordable or convenient…
Airlines Won’t Fly Home Quebec Passengers From Sunwing Party Flight to Mexico
January 6, 2022
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MONTREAL—Passengers who filmed themselves partying maskless aboard a chartered Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Mexico last week have become pariahs and now face being stranded after two more airlines announced Wednesday they will not fly them home to Canada. Following Sunwing’s cancellation of the return charter flight from Cancun scheduled for Wednesday, Air Transat…
Woman Charged With Assault After Punching, Spitting on Unmasked Passenger on Delta Flight
A woman who was recorded in a viral video punching and spitting an unmasked male passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight was charged in Georgia. The woman who was identified as Patricia Yannet Cornwall was charged with assaulting by striking, beating, or wounding; a crime which is punishable by a fine and/or up to…
Connecticut’s School Mask Policy Would Put a ‘Scarlet Letter’ on Unvaccinated Athletes: Student Leader
December 23, 2021
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Connecticut has put on hold, at least for now, a new school sports guideline that would have made masks a visible identifier of COVID-19 vaccination status for student athletes across the state. The policy was developed by the Connecticut Department of Public Health and the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference, the governing body of the state’s…
NYC to Hand out Masks, Tests as Omicron Takes Hold
Alarmed by a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases and the increasing prevalence of the omicron variant, New York City officials will distribute one million masks and 500,000 home tests, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday. The mass distributions are part of a broader plan to counter the virus’ spread that also includes making testing more…
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Inflation jumping to its highest level in nearly 40 years. What does that mean for consumers? The state of New York announcing an indoor mask mandate — in response to the new CCP virus variant. How much will businesses be fined if they don’t comply? And Meta takes another step into the Metaverse! Its virtual…
Oregon Health Officials Seek to Make Indoor Mask Mandate Indefinite
December 5, 2021
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Public health officials in Oregon have recently lifted the state’s outdoor mask mandate, but they are working to keep a separate set of indoor mask requirements for places like schools and hospitals indefinitely in place. Oregon’s first indoor mask mandate was imposed in May 2020 and lifted this June, after the number of COVID-19 cases…
San Diego Man Chokes to Death on Face Mask in Jail; Widow Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
SAN DIEGO—The widow of a man who died at the San Diego Central Jail earlier this year filed a lawsuit alleging jail staff failed to provide her husband with prompt medical attention and should have taken him to a hospital rather than booking him into custody. Tammy Wilson alleges her husband, Omar Moreno Arroyo, 33,…
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