They've gone mask-off.If you thought all the dumb controversy over masking that took place during the height of the COVID pandemic was finally behind us, think again. Lawmakers across the country are now considering a ban on wearing masks in public, in a naked bid to crackdown on pro-Palestianian protestors - Masks are going from mandated to criminalized in some states
In the wake of another potential COVID wave, the proposed mask bans raises obvious health concerns, especially for disabled and immunocompromised people, as well as questions around how such a measure would be enforced.
In North Carolina, a mask ban has already been passed by state legislators , but was vetoed, for reasons mostly unrelated to the ban itself, by Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. A Republican legislature is expected to override the veto; last year, per The Associated Press, all 19 of Cooper's vetoes were successfully overturned.
A number of people were particularly bewildered as to how a 35-year-old Donald Trump appointee rated 'Not Qualified' by the American Bar Association (ABA) was able to effectively decide public health policy for much of the nation.
It is CDC's continuing assessment that at this time an order requiring masking in the indoor transportation corridor remains necessary for the public health," the agency said in a Wednesday statement. "CDC will continue to monitor public health conditions to determine whether such an order remains necessary. CDC believes this is a lawful order, well within CDC’s legal authority to protect public health."
Following the CDC statement, Justice immediately filed a notice of appeal.
For more than a year, a little-known group called the Health Freedom Defense Fund has been working to roll back vaccine and mask mandates all over the country, often filing lawsuits one community at a time — from a tiny town in Idaho to the Los Angeles Unified School District and beyond.
As experts who study the ways viruses can spread indoors, we believe that air disinfection using germicidal ultraviolet light, or GUV, could have prevented the Gridiron superspreader event. The technology should become the norm for large indoor gatherings where meals are served and masks cannot be worn.
State officials in some states, including Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arizona and Iowa, have passed laws or used their authority to prevent statewide mask mandates and make mask usage optional.
Chris Wallace Tells Fox News Viewers: ‘Wear The Damn Mask’
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'Wear your masks. Don't listen to our idiot f*****g president'
“Although we’re in the midst of a big political fight, and we take that very seriously, we also want to extend our best wishes to the president of the United States [and] the first lady,” obama said. “Michelle and I are hopeful that they and others that have been affected by covid-19 around the country are getting the care that they need, that they are going to be on the path to a speedy recovery, and it’s important I think for all of us to remember that even when we’re in the midst of big political battles with issues that have a lot at stake, that we’re all Americans and we’re all human beings, and we want to make sure everybody is healthy.”