Tag: masks

Face Off in Virginia: Students Unmask, Suffer School Board’s Wrath

While more and more states and districts are dropping COVID restrictions, others are doubling down. Loudoun County, Virginia is one of them. That’s where a battle is raging between state-level directives and the will of the local school board—and kids are bearing the brunt of it. On his first day in office last month, Governor…


VIDEO: Parents Shoved, Denied Access to Pennsylvania School Board Meeting

Tensions boiled over Wednesday at a Downingtown Area School District board meeting when a district employee, guarding the door to prevent the unmasked from entering, got into a physical altercation with a parent. The Chester County Pennsylvania school district requires everyone attending the meeting to wear a mask. The rule is enforced with guards at…


Children ‘Struggle to Recognize Masked Faces:’ Study

Children have difficulty recognizing people who are wearing masks, according to a new study. Researchers had children complete a face memory test for kids called the CFMT-K and found that there was a significant difference between children studying unmasked faces and masked faces. “The main findings from this paper are that children struggle to recognize masked…


New York Governor Lifts Mask Mandate for Businesses, Requirement for Schools Remains

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday the state’s mask mandate for most indoor businesses such as grocery stores and offices will be lifted, effective on Feb. 10. “At this time, we think it is the right decision to lift this mandate for indoor businesses and let counties and businesses make their own decisions…


CDC Director: Schools Should Still Require Masks

The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Feb. 8 that students and faculty in schools should still be required to wear masks. “We continue to endorse universal masking in schools,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky told Reuters. “We have and continue to recommend masking in areas of high and substantial transmission—that is essentially…


Los Angeles Welcomes Super Bowl Visitors With N95 Masks

Commentary Los Angeles hosts its first Super Bowl since 1993 on Sunday. Those were different times. The governor of California was a Republican, and L.A. elected a Republican mayor that year. Today, California has had a Democrat governor for the past eleven years and a Democrat mayor for the past 20 years. The city is…


US Mask Producers See Decline in Sales as Free N95s Are Made Available for Americans

Many U.S. residents will be able to find free masks at local retailers, pharmacies, and community health centers over the next few weeks following the federal government’s deployment of 400 million N95 masks to the general public from the Strategic National Stockpile. Two days after the Biden administration launched the program on Jan. 19, large…


Will SCOTUS Rule Affirmative Action a Mistake?; Mask Facts Exposed in New Book

The Supreme Court picked up a hot topic this week: Affirmative action in college admissions. Is it legal to prefer some races over others? We’re joined by Ward Connerly, who’s focused on this question for decades. He is the founding president of American Civil Rights Institute and a former University of California Regent, during which…


Will Supreme Court Rule Affirmative Action a Mistake?; Mask Facts Exposed in New Book

The Supreme Court picked up a hot topic this week: affirmative action in college admissions. Is it legal to prefer some races over others? We’re joined by Ward Connerly, who has focused on this question for decades. He is the founding president of the American Civil Rights Institute and a former University of California Regent,…


Witness the Rise of the COVID Mom

Commentary China is synonymous with the Tiger mom, a firm and demanding mother who pushes her child to achieve high levels of success. The United States, meanwhile, is synonymous with the soccer mom, a kind of middle-class, suburban woman who spends a significant amount of her time transporting her children to sporting events or other activities. However, times have…