VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has blamed “this lady called COVID” for forcing him to keep his distance again from the faithful during his general audience, which was far smaller than usual amid soaring coronavirus infections in Italy. Francis again eschewed a protective mask Wednesday even when he greeted a few maskless clergymen at […]
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ decision to forgo wearing a mask has been noticed, with some concern, by the commission of Vatican experts he appointed to help chart the Catholic Church’s path through the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath. The Rev. Augusto Zampini, one of the key members of the pope’s COVID-19 commission, acknowledged Tuesday […]
Face masks are a crucial tool in helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19. And if enough people aren’t wearing them, a national mask mandate could—and probably should—be in our future, experts say. Considering how many new cases we’re seeing every day in the U.S. and that our situation is likely to only get more […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Moments after hearing an Idaho hospital was overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients and looking at sending people as far away as Seattle for care, members of a regional health department board voted Thursday to repeal a local mask mandate. “Most of our medical surgical beds at Kootenai Health are full,” Panhandle Health […]
The Republican executive of a company that manufactures medical masks said Tuesday that he will vote for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, due to President Donald Trump’s “politicized” response to the coronavirus crisis. Mike Bowen ― executive vice president of Texas-based Prestige Ameritech, the largest producer of N95 masks and respirators in the U.S. ― […]
A Wichita man has been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill the city’s mayor over a COVID-19 measure requiring residents to wear masks in public. The arrest occurred after another city official read a series of text messages he had received about Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple, according to the mayor. The man […]
Chris Christie may be breathing easier after recovering from COVID-19, but he admits he was “wrong” about the way he handled the coronavirus prior to getting sick. The former New Jersey governor and frequent contact of President Donald Trump announced he was positive on Oct. 3, about a week after he was seen without a mask at […]
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows refused to wear his face mask while speaking to reporters Monday outside the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Meadows has spent several days in close proximity to President Donald Trump, who is reportedly also refusing to wear a mask in the […]
The White House barred a mask mandate for public transportation drafted last month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, The New York Times reported Friday. The CDC planned to issue an order requiring that face masks be worn by passengers and employees on planes, trains, buses and subways — and at transit networks, […]
Wearing a face mask under your nose is useless – and the sooner people figure that one out, the better. It’s a pretty common sight on public transport, in shops and, well… everywhere really – especially with face masks now mandatory in many indoor public settings. People are picking up on the face mask error […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who refused to wear a face mask on a Utah-bound flight was escorted off the plane in Arizona after he and another man who asked him to follow the rules got into a physical altercation, police said Monday. Rylie Lansford of Lehigh, Utah, boarded the Allegiant flight in […]
Five-time Grammy nominee Lana Del Rey didn’t win any awards for her face-covering at a public reading of her new book. The “Young and Beautiful” singer wore a mesh face mask that apparently exposed her nose and mouth in violation of local coronavirus guidelines as she got close to attendees. Del Rey promoted her collection […]
White House aides and officials continued to blatantly ignore medical advice and remained maskless Friday even as some of them discussed President Donald Trump contracting COVID-19. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and even Trump’s health adviser Dr. Scott Atlas mingled with people at the White House complex without wearing masks or even having one on their […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by a spike in coronavirus infections in a few Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, New York City officials will start issuing fines in those areas to people who refuse to wear masks, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. De Blasio said he was sending teams of hundreds of outreach workers and contact […]
We know that face masks are an important part of the fight against COVID-19, but not everyone is wearing them. In fact, the NFL recently fined three teams and their head coaches for not wearing masks, ESPN reports. The NFL fined the Seattle Seahawks, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Denver Broncos $ 250,000 each. […]