{"id":2009269,"date":"2023-08-23T12:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/push-underway-to-mask-up-again-in-new-york-due-to-new-covid-variant\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:31:55","slug":"push-underway-to-mask-up-again-in-new-york-due-to-new-covid-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/push-underway-to-mask-up-again-in-new-york-due-to-new-covid-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"New York urges renewed mask use amid new COVID variant."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpush-underway-to-mask-up-again-in-new-york-due-to-new-covid-variant%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009269&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Masking Up in the Bronx:\u200b Residents Concerned as COVID-19\u2064 Cases Rise<\/h2>\n<p>As the New \u200bYork State Health\u200b Department alerts \u2064Bronx residents about \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/push-underway-to-mask-up-again-in-new-york-due-to-new-covid-variant\/\" title=\"New York urges renewed mask use amid new COVID variant.\">supposed increase<\/a> in COVID-19 cases, some locals are \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">taking matters<\/a> into their own hands and promoting\u2063 the importance of wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-should-brace-for-aggressive-sabotage-by-chinese-hackers-top-cybersecurity-official-says\/\" title=\"Top cybersecurity official warns of 'aggressive' Chinese hacker attacks, urges US to prepare.\">latest report reveals<\/a> that \u200dthe seven-day average for COVID-19 cases has surged from 2.1% on July 21 to a\u2063 concerning\u2063 11.8% on \u2062Aug. 21. \u2062This uptick coincides with the \u2064return of children to school and the arrival of fall weather.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We get all kinds of diseases \u200b&#8230; they come and\u200d they go, and that&#8217;s just part of life,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Peter Cordero, Bronx\u2063 resident<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Peter Cordero, a Bronx local, understands the \u200drisks and takes precautions accordingly. \u2062&#8221;When I find myself in crowded\u2064 places with lots of people, I definitely put on a\u200d mask,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to get sick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Cordero emphasized that\u200c he will continue to wear a \u200bmask whenever he feels at risk. His sentiment is echoed by Lorenzo Rodriguez,\u2063 another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-chappelle-denies-killing-affordable-housing-plan-at-ohio-council-meeting\/\" title=\"Dave Chappelle Denies Killing Affordable Housing Plan at Ohio Council Meeting\">concerned resident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I put [a mask] on when I go into a\u2062 bus or\u200d a \u200cstore, honestly\u2062 anywhere I put it on,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lorenzo Rodriguez, Bronx resident<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rodriguez expressed his disappointment in the lack of mask-wearing among others. &#8220;Sometimes I see 50 people on the bus and\u200c only one or two people have their masks on, even \u2064though we&#8217;re crammed\u200c in there like animals,&#8221; he \u2063said.<\/p>\n<p>For Rodriguez, the only circumstance that would \u200clead him to remove\u200b his mask is \u2064if it becomes illegal \u2062to wear one. &#8220;If it&#8217;s\u2064 legal, I&#8217;m not gonna\u2064 stop wearing it,&#8221; he affirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The New York City Department of Health reported that the seven-day\u2064 average for cases was 672 as\u200b of Aug. 14, a significant increase from the 286 reported cases in\u2062 May. In response, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-challenged-on-tone-over-at-home-test-kit-proposal\/\" title=\"Psaki challenged on tone over at-home test kit proposal\">free testing kits<\/a> will be provided to staff and students returning to New York City schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay informed \u2064and stay safe. Let&#8217;s all do our part to protect ourselves and our community.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>to school. Concerned residents are urging their neighbors to take precautions and wear masks to help prevent the spread of the virus. The increase in cases highlights the importance of remaining vigilant and following safety guidelines to protect the community&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2009270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}