Posted on Sep 1, 2023
As U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise, some places are bringing mask mandates back
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The U.S. is seeing a late-summer spike in COVID cases, prompting some schools, hospitals and businesses to encourage — or even require — people to start masking up again.
The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, from earlier this month, shows nationwide COVID hospitalizations increased by nearly 19% in a single week and deaths by more than 21%.
CDC Director Mandy Cohen said Tuesday that recently up to 10,000 people a week have been hospitalized with COVID. But, she added, that's far fewer than the 40,000 such hospitalizations a week the U.S. had at its highest point last August.
The U.S. is seeing a late-summer spike in COVID cases, prompting some schools, hospitals and businesses to encourage — or even require — people to start masking up again.
The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, from earlier this month, shows nationwide COVID hospitalizations increased by nearly 19% in a single week and deaths by more than 21%.
CDC Director Mandy Cohen said Tuesday that recently up to 10,000 people a week have been hospitalized with COVID. But, she added, that's far fewer than the 40,000 such hospitalizations a week the U.S. had at its highest point last August.
As U.S. COVID hospitalizations rise, some places are bringing mask mandates back
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For anti-mask wearers, think about Japan and its low COVID rates…
https://www.dw.com/en/how-japans-mask-culture-may-have-saved-lives-during-coronavirus/a-55321518
https://www.dw.com/en/how-japans-mask-culture-may-have-saved-lives-during-coronavirus/a-55321518
How Japan's mask tradition may have saved lives – DW – 10/19/2020
Long before the coronavirus pandemic struck, Japanese people were comfortable with covering their faces — both for medical reasons and to conform with the norms of society. Julian Ryall reports from Tokyo.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC Eugene Chu You're wasting Your Breath using Logic with the Anti-Mask Folks.
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Yep won't be doing this again. Like most military offices you wore it when you were on camera or at an event but never in the day to day work. Funny after kicking thousands out over this vaccine and now we cannot even coming close to filling the 60K we are short....doubt the next jab will be mandatory.
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MAJ (Join to see)
SFC Bernard Walko small army brother while Nuremberg a s Bayreuth both closed I was in Ansbach...right next door.
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MAJ (Join to see)
MSgt Steve Sweeney I'm not posting a link here. Look for Febuary/March timeframe 2020 he was doing an interview where he was asked about masks and made the statement.
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MAJ (Join to see)
MSgt Steve Sweeney okay so if you read the article it will probably help you out. The good thing about him being government staff is all of his emails were tracked and FOIA shows he didn't believe in the mask mandate but went along with it for...you guessed it political reasons. Are you seriously so worried about a down vote, don't worry I pulled it so you can feel like a better person. Clearly I wasn't wrong but you keep chugging away at what you believe. In the end it is not my responsibility for someone else's health. If you have health issues feel free but forcing others to live in your fear is un-American. You have a wonderful day.
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