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[Politico, Getty Images] The Texas Republican received the diagnosis during a pre-screening procedure at the White House on Wednesday morning. Rep. Louie Gohmert — a Texas Republican who has been walking around the Capitol without a mask — has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to multiple sources. Gohmert was […]
[VOX] It’s true the evidence for masks was weak before. That’s changed. Over the past couple of months, the world has received more evidence that face masks really can play a crucial role in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s a significant shift from earlier this year, when the evidence […]
[NEW YORK POST] Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday promised to help Atlanta conduct testing and contact tracing of people exposed to the deadly coronavirus amid a record surge in cases there. During a coronavirus briefing with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Cuomo, speaking from Manhattan, said he would send a team of […]
[CBS NEWS] A Florida man has been fired from his job as an insurance agent after his videotaped tirade when asked to wear a face mask at a Costco Wholesale store drew a massive audience on social media. The video posted Monday on Twitter shows a man wearing flip-flops and […]
[The Verge] Courtesy on the part of both parties may be the only strategy. You’d think that months of reading about overflowing hospitals and mounting death statistics would scare almost anyone into following the current Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations: wear a mask in public spaces to protect others from possible […]
[Business Insider] A small but vocal minority of people in the US are protesting face-mask mandates. In the early 1980s, the public-safety battle was over seat belts. Most Americans didn’t use them, and 65% opposed them being enforced by law. “There was a libertarian streak among resistors,” car-safety pioneer Ralph […]
[NBC NEWS, GETTY IMAGES] Shopping for face masks? We consulted medical experts on how to shop for face masks and rounded up those adhering to the CDC’s guidelines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised Americans last month to wear face masks while in public to minimize the spread of COVID-19 — guidance which seems […]