#mask mandates

[chronicallycouchbound]

Almost twice as many people died from COVID-19 in 2021 than all unintentional accidents. COVID-19 is the third leading cause of death. COVID rates are on the rise.

The least you can do is wear a mask.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Sanjana Karanth and Jennifer Bendery at HuffPost:

WASHINGTON ― The federal Department of Transportation has issued a memo ordering programs supported by the agency to prioritize funding projects for communities with “marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.” The unusual four-page memo also directs thousands of employees to give special priority to projects and activities that improve transportation for “families with young children.” The directive applies to all Transportation Department-supported grants, loans and contracts, including existing agreements. “I’ve never seen a memo like this before,” said one congressional aide who works on transportation policy and requested anonymity to speak freely. “Considering fertility rates when prioritizing federal grants? We obviously have no idea what the full impact of that will be,” said this aide. “It’s absolutely creepy. It’s a little ‘Chinese government.’ [The Trump administration] would hate that comparison, but I don’t know where else I’ve seen a policy of ‘we need to incentivize baby-making.’” [...] In addition to its directives related to marriage and babies, the Transportation Department’s memo blocks recipients of federal money from implementing “mask mandates,” a reference to requirements that transit agencies followed to limit the spread of infection during the height of COVID-19. The memo also requires recipients to comply with federal immigration enforcement in order to receive funding — the latest effort by the administration to target undocumented immigrants, conduct mass arrests and deportations, and deny federal transportation funds to so-called sanctuary cities.

The DOT under Sean Duffy released a totally whacked out memo prioritizing right-wing culture war items such as banning mask mandates, encouraging natalism by rewarming projects to areas with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average, and comply with the heinously cruel immigration policies by 47 targeting undocumented immigrants.

See Also:

Abortion, Every Day: Trump Administration Memo: Preferred Funding to Communities with High Birth Rates

Daily Kos: Trump Transportation chief: Want a road? Have a kid

[commonsensecommentary]

Forcing us to wear the face diapers never had a thing to do with science. It was always about spreading fear, exerting control, and justifying election fraud. We were played for suckers by the Deep State Marxists, and we’re now suffering the consequences.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Some health-care workers in British Columbia have started receiving notification that they will once again be expected to wear masks in medical settings, but the language is ambiguous about what exactly will be required and for whom.

CTV News has obtained a memo from Brian Sagar, executive director of communicable disease prevention and control for B.C., notifying workers that “in preparation for the viral respiratory illness (season) this fall and winter” they will be reinstating enhanced infection prevention and control measures in hospitals, family doctors’ offices, and clinics effective Oct. 3. [...]

Continue Reading.

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[liminalweirdo]

"The authors found that COVID-19 rates were similar among districts before the mask requirement was rescinded, then diverged quickly, with higher case rates in districts immediately following the removal of the mask requirement. Approximately 12,000 cases, or 30% of all cases during the study period, were attributable to rescinding the mask requirement. The resulting illnesses led to substantial loss of in-person school days— an estimated minimum of 17,500 days of school absence in students and 6,500 days of staff absence—arguing for masks as a critical component of optimizing learning."

tl;dr: covid stops kids from learning in school more than masking does.

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January 3rd 2024

[royalteachitchat]

🙈🙉🙊 Selected for a reason!

How many voters do you think Taylor can persuade to cross over? How many fresh new voters will follow her lead? Same goes for the jab.

I can't IMAGINE how much they are getting paid for this... 💰

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Walter Einenkel at Daily Kos:

On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson took time away from trying to defend President Donald Trump’s catastrophic “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” to dismiss Americans’ concerns about Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents masking their identities while detaining immigrants. “From the people who mandated mask-wearing for years in America, it's absurd. They need to back off of ICE and respect their agents and stop protesting against them,” Johnson told reporters as he walked briskly through the halls of the U.S. Capitol.  When asked if he was concerned about faceless armed agents refusing to identify themselves when arresting immigrants, Johnson replied, “Why? So that they can target them so they can put their names and faces online and dox them? That's what these activists do.”

Todd Lyons, acting director of ICE, has defended agents using masks to hide their identities. [...] After years of attacking mask-wearing as weak and fearful, Trump and the GOP have fully embraced mask mandates—at least for ICE agents.  To recap: masks as a public health measure during the coronavirus pandemic, which conservatively claimed 1.23 million Americans’ lives, were symbolic of a nefarious plan to control Americans. But masks as a way for ICE agents to anonymously detain and deport people illegally is totally okay.

Republicans on masks during COVID: “Tyranny!”

Republicans on ICE agents being masked: “A-OK!”

Hypocrisy in action.

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[allthecanadianpolitics]

Alberta Health Services says enhanced masking requirements are now in place at seven hospitals, including:

• Royal Alexandra Hospital (implemented October 13)

• University of Alberta Hospital and the Stollery Children’s Hospital

• Misericordia Community Hospital

• Grey Nuns Community Hospital

• Alberta Hospital Edmonton

• Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital

• Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre

The requirements are also in place at the Central Alberta Cancer Centre, which is located at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre.

Staff, doctors, volunteers, and contracted workers must wear masks in all patient care areas, elevators, stairways, common areas, gift shops, cafeterias, and continuing care areas.

Full article

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

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[firstoccupier]

Mask Mandates: A Symbol of Political Identity in America

By, Cliff Potts, WPS News, Editor-in-ChiefBaybay City | March 21, 2025 In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a mask quickly evolved from a straightforward public health measure into a symbol of political identity, especially in red states like Iowa and Texas. Mandated mask-wearing, endorsed by health experts as a key strategy to curb the virus’s spread, was perceived by many in…

[wat3rm370n]

"Uptick" is what they call it when half the staff has been out sick at every job in the past few weeks.

Several Illinois hospitals requiring masks as respiratory infections climb A mask requirement is in effect at area hospitals, including Rush University Medical Center, Rush Copley Medical Center and Rush Oak Park Hospital. By NBC Chicago Staff and NBC News • Published December 30, 2024 • Updated on December 30, 2024 at 4:55 pm Multiple Illinois health systems have implemented full or partial mask mandates amid a continuing uptick in respiratory infections across the state. Rush University Medical Center, in a note on its website, said visitors and staff must wear hospital-approved masks in some areas, citing increased levels of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu and RSV.

[agreenroad]

Why Is Trump Picking Pro Big Pharma Covid Jabs And Mask Mandate Tyrants, Like New Surgeon General Dr Janette Nesheiwat? Why Do Vance, Vivek, & Musk Own Hundreds of mRNA Factories?

WHY IS TRUMP PICKING A PRO A BIG PHARMA COVID MRNA JABS TYRANT, AS SURGEON GENERAL? Trump’s new Surgeon General pick Dr Janette Nesheiwat was in favor of mask mandates in schools, and a big pro-vaxxer who wanted to “quickly vaccinate” 12-15 yo kids. https://twitter.com/ContactVVR/status/1860141376941490539 WHY DID TRUMP PICK A PRO COVID MANDATE BIG PHARMA SHILL FOR SURGEON GENERAL? Why is…