{"id":2013707,"date":"2023-08-27T16:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recent-mask-mandates-lifted-amid-pushback\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T16:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T20:56:53","slug":"recent-mask-mandates-lifted-amid-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recent-mask-mandates-lifted-amid-pushback\/","title":{"rendered":"Mask mandates recently lifted despite opposition."},"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\">12<\/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%2Frecent-mask-mandates-lifted-amid-pushback%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=2013707&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>Kaiser Permanente Reverses Mask Mandate Policy\u2063 in Santa \u2063Rosa<\/h2>\n<p>Kaiser Permanente \u200din Santa Rosa, California, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cook-county-states-attorney-kim-foxx-releases-do-not-call-list-of-unreliable-police-officers\/\" title=\"Kim Foxx, Cook County State's Attorney, shares 'Do Not Call' list of untrustworthy cops.\">recently\u200b made headlines<\/a> when it reversed its policy on COVID-19 mask mandates. The hospital \u2063system had reinstated the \u200bmandate just \u2064days before,\u2064 but after facing backlash, it decided to only require masks for staff\u2063 members, not patients.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials,\u200b Kaiser Permanente is now strongly encouraging masks for patients, members, and \u200bvisitors in response to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases. The hospital system clarified\u200d its position in a statement, apologizing for any confusion caused\u2063 by its previous announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Our intent was to\u200b communicate that as of\u2062 Tuesday, we have expanded the masking requirement for our employees and physicians to medical offices and \u2063clinic \u200dsettings; we apologize for\u200d any confusion \u200damong Press Democrat readers,&#8221; Kaiser said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The statement also \u200cemphasized that visitors, \u2062patients, and members are\u2063 strongly encouraged to wear masks in these settings. However, the hospital&#8217;s masking requirements for employees and physicians remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recent-mask-mandates-lifted-amid-pushback\/\" title=\"Mask mandates recently lifted despite opposition.\">mask \u2063mandate reversal<\/a>\u2062 only applies to the Santa Rosa facility, it&#8217;s unclear if Kaiser Permanente will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-prof-cries-over-lack-of-mask-mandate-there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-personal-choice-in-a-pandemic\/\" title=\"Liberal Prof Cries Over Lack Of Mask Mandate: \u2018There Is No Such Thing As A Personal Choice In A Pandemic\u2019\">reinstate mask mandates<\/a> at other locations.<\/p>\n<h3>Public Reaction and Other Mandates<\/h3>\n<p>Local residents in Northern California had mixed reactions\u2062 to the\u2063 news.\u2064 Some expressed skepticism and believed the decision was politically motivated, while others supported the reinstatement of mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2064 similar vein, Lionsgate\u2062 studios in Santa Monica also made headlines when it announced that \u2062it \u2063would not be implementing a mask mandate. However, the studio later clarified that it had never changed its mask policy and\u2062 was simply following orders from the Los Angeles County Department\u200d of\u200c Health.<\/p>\n<p>As COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise across the country, it&#8217;s important to stay informed and follow the guidelines provided by healthcare\u2064 professionals. While the recent increase in hospitalizations is concerning, experts emphasize that it&#8217;s not yet a surge or\u2062 wave.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s all do our part to protect ourselves and others by wearing masks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alabama-governor-extends-mask-order-were-not-there-yet\/\" title=\"Alabama Governor Extends Mask Order: \u2018We\u2019re Not There Yet\u2019\">practicing good hygiene<\/a>,\u2063 and getting vaccinated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaiser Permanente in Santa Rosa, CA, reversed its mask policy on Aug. 24, which had been reinstated days earlier. A Hollywood studio also followed suit. Hospital officials clarified that the mask requirement only applied within their facility, as reported by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2013708,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2013707","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}