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Politics: Ex-aide discloses why Trump rarely wore masks during pandemic; DeSanis won't support support vaccine funding

Thu, 2023-09-21 11:07 — mike kraft

Ex-White House Aide Reveals Why Trump Wouldn't Wear A Mask During Pandemic Cassidy Hutchinson explains why the then-president said "I’m not wearing this thing" in 2020. Yahoo News

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Disinformation issue: Conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked; new book on Trump's past infection attitude

Wed, 2023-09-20 10:01 — mike kraft

Why the conspiracy theory that Biden will use COVID to rig election is spreading unchecked New study says false claims of a Biden plot to reinstate COVID restrictions and steal the election are spreading unchecked on Facebook, X and TikTok. Yahoo Finance

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Health Workers Warn Proposed Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers

Mon, 2023-09-18 19:18 — mike kraft

Health Workers Warn Loosening Mask Advice in Hospitals Would Harm Patients and Providers - KFF Health News Clinicians, researchers, and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines on face masks from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals. khnkit KFF Health News

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U.S. schools grapple with COVID safety amid late summer surge

Thu, 2023-09-07 20:05 — mike kraft

Covid surges in schools are leading to widespread absences Some districts have reinstated limited masking and other precautions as COVID cases and hospitalizations rise. Adriel Bettelheim,Maya Goldman Axios

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Florida Gov. DeSantis and state's surgeon general criticize COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine

Thu, 2023-09-07 19:45 — mike kraft

Gov. DeSantis and Florida surgeon general warn against new COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is criticizing efforts across the U.S. to tamp down a recent jump in COVID-19 cases through temporary restrictions or masking. AP News

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The U.S. politics of masks and pandemic mitigation returned with the new school year

Thu, 2023-09-07 11:05 — mike kraft

A few schools mandated masks. Conservatives hit back hard. The politics of pandemic-mitigation returned with the new school year. The Washington Post

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Congressional Republicans introduce legislation to ban federal mask mandates in schools, on airplanes

Wed, 2023-09-06 17:43 — mike kraft

Republicans introduce legislation to ban federal mask mandates in schools, on airplanes Republicans are offering legislation to ban federal mask mandates in schools, airplanes and forms of public transportation amid a new surge of coronavirus cases that has led to the reinstatement of… tsuter The Hill

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Jill Biden’s Covid-19 upends White House’s sense of normalcy, but pandemic protocols don’t appear to be coming

Wed, 2023-09-06 09:51 — mike kraft

Jill Biden's bout with Covid-19 upends White House's sense of normalcy, but pandemic protocols don't appear to be coming | CNN Politics First lady Dr. Jill Biden’s positive Covid-19 test does not appear to portend a major return to pandemic-era protocols at the White House, a reflection of how the virus’ threat has receded since the early days of the administration even as cases begin to rise. Kevin Liptak,Kayla Tausche CNN

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Biden tests negative for COVID, will wear mask while around others

Tue, 2023-09-05 17:14 — mike kraft

Biden tests negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday, will mask around others President Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday and will wear a mask while around others indoors after first lady Jill Biden tested positive for the virus a day earlier, the White House sai… kwadington The Hill

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Dr Fauci takes issue with study questioning effectiveness of face masks

Tue, 2023-09-05 10:49 — mike kraft

Fauci presented with study challenging effectiveness of masks

In a recent interview on CNN, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responded to a study that raised doubts about the effectiveness of face masks in curbing the spread of COVID-19. The study in question was released by The Cochrane Institute and received attention earlier this year when it suggested that face masks made little to no difference in preventing the spread of the virus. This led to headlines claiming that masks don't work.

However, Fauci emphasized that there are other studies that show the advantages of wearing masks, particularly at the individual level. ...

ALSO SEE: Fauci ‘concerned’ people won’t mask up again as COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to rise in the U.S.

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