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Florida businesses, cities and schools risk big fines for defying the governor with pandemic mandates

Thu, 2021-11-04 12:41 — mike kraft

Florida businesses, cities and schools risk big fines for defying the governor with pandemic mandates The state has a special email address for people to report entities requiring masks or vaccination despite DeSantis’s opposition. Lori Rozsa

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Arizona high court rejects legislature's attempt to block schools from requiring masks

Wed, 2021-11-03 09:55 — mike kraft

Arizona high court upholds ruling blocking school mask bans PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills. AP NEWS

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A look at whether American schools opened safely.

Mon, 2021-11-01 10:35 — mike kraft

Did America’s schools open safely? We crunched the latest data on COVID and kids. Was school reopening a success? Did masks or vaccines make a big difference? Here's what the latest stats say about COVID and kids. YahooNews

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Federal Judge: Colorado parents can’t exempt kids from school masks

Wed, 2021-10-27 18:14 — mike kraft

Judge: Colorado parents can't exempt kids from school masks DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has issued a restraining order against a suburban Denver county's policy allowing parents to opt their children out of a mask mandate at school, finding that the rule violates the rights of students with disabilities who are vulnerable to COVID-19. AP NEWS

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Trump's White House ignored advice on COVID-19 that could've saved over 130,000 lives, Dr.Birx testified

Wed, 2021-10-27 09:23 — mike kraft

Trump's White House ignored advice on COVID-19 that could've saved over 130,000 lives, Birx said The 2020 election "distracted" Trump and took his attention away from the nation's pandemic response, Birx testified to House lawmakers. YahooNews

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Florida’s top health official refuses to wear mask at meeting with state senator who told him she has serious condition

Sun, 2021-10-24 21:00 — mike kraft

Florida's top doctor refuses mask, is told to leave meeting MIAMI (AP) — Florida's top health official was asked to leave a meeting after refusing to wear a mask at the office of a state senator who told him she had a serious medical condition, officials have confirmed. AP NEWS

MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s top health official was asked to leave a meeting after refusing to wear a mask at the office of a state senator who told him she had a serious medical condition, officials have confirmed.

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Britain’s Gamble on Few Virus Restrictions is being tested by increases in infections, deaths

Fri, 2021-10-22 10:29 — mike kraft

LONDON — For the last four months, Britain has run a grand epidemiological experiment, lifting virtually all coronavirus restrictions, even in the face of a high daily rate of infections. Its leaders justified the approach on the grounds that the country’s rapid rollout of vaccines had weakened the link between infection and serious illness.

Now, with cases, hospital admissions and deaths all rising again; the effect of vaccines beginning to wear off; and winter looming, Britain’s strategy of learning to live with the virus is coming under its stiffest test yet.

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Japan and South Korea never did full lockdowns. It left lessons on how to coexist with the virus.

Thu, 2021-10-21 08:47 — mike kraft

Japan and South Korea never did full lockdowns. It left lessons on how to coexist with the virus. For many countries, the goal is balancing life and the coronavirus. Japan and South Korea have been at it for a while. Michelle Lee Washington Post

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The Most Common Places COVID Is Spreading Right Now (And Where It's Not)

Tue, 2021-10-19 10:23 — mike kraft

The Most Common Places COVID Is Spreading Right Now (And Where It's Not) Curious what activities may be associated with higher COVID-19 transmission? Here's what data suggests. Catherine Pearson YahooNews

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