{"id":2010862,"date":"2023-08-24T14:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/return-of-the-mask-covid-19-spikes-prompt-restart-of-us-mandates\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:11:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T18:11:48","slug":"return-of-the-mask-covid-19-spikes-prompt-restart-of-us-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/return-of-the-mask-covid-19-spikes-prompt-restart-of-us-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 surges lead to reinstatement of US mandates."},"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\">16<\/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%2Freturn-of-the-mask-covid-19-spikes-prompt-restart-of-us-mandates%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=2010862&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>COVID-19 Hospitalization Rates on the Rise, Businesses Consider Mask Mandates<\/h2>\n<p>COVID-19 hospitalization rates are increasing for \u2062the fifth week in a row, leading businesses to consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/return-of-the-mask-covid-19-spikes-prompt-restart-of-us-mandates\/\" title=\"COVID-19 surges lead to reinstatement of US mandates.\">reinstating mask mandate policies \u2064heading<\/a> into the fall\u200c and winter seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maine-health-care-workers-take-vax-mandate-to-us-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Maine healthcare workers challenge vaccine mandate in Supreme Court.\">major hospital system<\/a>\u2062 in\u2062 San Francisco and two in \u2062New York are reinstituting\u2063 mask mandates\u200b for \u200cstaff and patients due to\u2063 rising case \u2063counts in their areas, as is Morris Brown College in Atlanta. Lionsgate Film Studios in Hollywood is\u2062 also requiring masks for\u2062 nearly \u2063half\u2063 of its Santa Monica\u2064 employees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Top Three Takeaways from the Republican Debate in \u2063Milwaukee<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Centers \u200dfor\u200d Disease Control and Prevention is monitoring three new variants, including the highly mutated BA 2.86 variant, nicknamed Pirola.<\/li>\n<li>Some public health experts are advising those with \u200dchronic \u200dpre-existing conditions that weaken the immune system, such as HIV, diabetes, heart disease, or cancer, \u2063as well as senior \u2064citizens to monitor case counts\u200d in their local areas and take extra precautions, including \u2062masking.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOctogenarians comprise\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-birx-book-big-pharma-responsible-for-thousands-of-deaths-during-covid-peak\/\" title=\"Dr. Birx Book: Big Pharma Responsible for Thousands of Deaths During COVID Peak\">highest-risk group<\/a> for complications following COVID infection,\u201d Jonathan Reiner, a\u200d cardiologist at the George \u2063Washington \u200bUniversity School of Medicine and Health Sciences, told CNN.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a caregiver for somebody\u200c who is at increased risk\u2064 of complication following infection, then I think you\u200d should also consider putting \u200ba mask \u2063on in public places,\u201d Reiner said.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the \u200ctype of mask,\u2064 experts agree that <strong>respirator masks<\/strong> are preferred.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>N95 and P100 respirator \u200dmasks are the \u2062most effective against\u2062 small particles and\u2063 are \u2062recommended by both the CDC\u2062 and the Environmental Protection Agency to protect against\u200c toxic\u2063 air \u2064pollution, such \u200bas \u2062that from wildfire smoke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>N95 respirator masks have \u200dbeen found to have <strong>95% filtration efficacy<\/strong> for particles that are 0.1-0.3 microns in size. The size of the average SARS-CoV-2 \u2063particle is between 0.07\u2064 and 0.09 microns,\u2064 significantly smaller than particulate\u200c matter air pollutants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"link-to-read-more\">Click here\u200d to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EPA specifically states that\u2062 cloth masks are ineffective\u200d against particles smaller than 0.3 microns.<\/p>\n<p>The Food \u200dand Drug Administration \u200bpreviously told \u2062the Washington \u200dExaminer that, based on currently\u2062 available data, the newest COVID-19 vaccinations will protect against the most serious symptoms of infection from\u2062 currently circulating variants of the virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for 5th consecutive week, prompting businesses to reconsider mask mandates for fall and winter. 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