Tag: Mask mandate

Broadway Theaters Drop Their Mask Mandate Starting in July

NEW YORK—In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July. The Broadway League announced Tuesday that mask-wearing will be optional next month onward, a further loosening of restrictions. In May, most Broadway theaters lifted the requirement that audience members…


Microplastics From Masks Found Deep in Lungs of the Living

Microplastics used to make surgical masks were found in 11 of 13 patients undergoing lung surgery. Data demonstrate how these particles may cross into the bloodstream and could enter organs, the brain and developing babies. Story at-a-glance Researchers found 39 microplastics in surgical lung samples from 11 of 13 people. There were 12 types that…


DOJ Asks Court to Overturn Ruling on Airplane, Transport Mask Mandates

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a prior ruling by a U.S. District Court judge that found mask mandates for planes and other public transports unlawful. Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) mandate on April 18, ruling that…


San Diego Unified Plans to Reinstate Mask Mandates

SAN DIEGO—With increases in COVID-19 cases in schools and communities, the San Diego Unified School District has a plan to reinstate mask mandates starting Wednesday if specific conditions are met in individual schools. The district sent a letter, obtained by KUSI, to parents and families informing them of the plan to require students at specific…


New Hampshire Republican Governor Vetoes Mask Mandate Ban Bill

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) vetoed a bill late Friday afternoon that would ban public school mask mandates. “I was shocked, really shocked,” state Rep. Melissa Blasek (R), the bill’s sponsor, told The Epoch Times. “I one hundred percent assumed this bill was a done deal.” Blasek said HB1131 was so popular that it…


New Hampshire Republican Governor Vetoes Mask Mandate Ban Legislation

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican, vetoed legislation on May 20 that would ban public school mask mandates. “I was shocked, really shocked,” state Rep. Melissa Blasek, a Republican and the measure’s sponsor, told The Epoch Times. “I 100 percent assumed this bill was a done deal.” Blasek said H.B. 1131 was so popular…


New Hampshire Republican Governor Vetoes Mask Mask Mandate Ban Bill

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) vetoed a bill late Friday afternoon that would ban public school mask mandates. “I was shocked, really shocked,” state Rep. Melissa Blasek (R), the bill’s sponsor, told The Epoch Times. “I one hundred percent assumed this bill was a done deal.” Blasek said HB1131 was so popular that it…


Quebec to End COVID-19 Mask Mandate May 14, Last Province to Remove Health Order

Quebec’s interim public health director says the province’s COVID-19 mask mandate for indoor public spaces will end on May 14. Dr. Luc Boileau told reporters in Quebec City that masking will remain mandatory on public transportation and in health-care facilities. Boileau says all the province’s pandemic indicators, including the number of new daily cases and…


COVID-19 Mask Mandate in Welsh Schools to Be Scrapped Next Week

The mask mandate in Welsh schools will come to an end next week, as the local government is set to scrap all remaining COVID-19 restrictions. Currently school staff and secondary school pupils are required to wear face coverings when moving around school buildings and in communal areas. But the Labour-led Welsh government announced on Tuesday…


Facts Matter (April 29): EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of CDC Employees Remain Unvaccinated, Docs Obtained by Epoch Times Show

The CDC is one of the organizations pushing all of the COVID-19 guidance in this country—which says, among other things, that everyone above the age of 5 should be getting vaccinated. Politicians in this country took their guidance and used it as justification for the various concrete policies that we’ve been seeing for the past…