{"id":2386066,"date":"2025-01-03T11:24:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alarming-mask-mandates-are-making-a-big-return-in-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:26:17","slug":"alarming-mask-mandates-are-making-a-big-return-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alarming-mask-mandates-are-making-a-big-return-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Alarming: Mask Mandates Are Making a Big Return in 2025"},"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%2Falarming-mask-mandates-are-making-a-big-return-in-2025%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=2386066&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--><p>This article discusses the resurgence of face mask mandates in hospitals across various states, \u2062including New York, New\u2063 Jersey, California, and Illinois, in response to increasing cases of flu and RSV. RWJBarnabas Health in New Jersey has implemented mask requirements for all\u200b patients with respiratory symptoms and for their caregivers, while visitors are also urged to wear \u200bmasks. New York&#8217;s health \u2063commissioner advised unvaccinated healthcare personnel to wear masks. In California, certain counties have instituted mask \u2062mandates for health workers in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-firefighters-sue-for-171-million-due-to-vax-mandate-related-terminations\/\" title=\"Washington Firefighters Sue for 1 Million Due to Vax-Mandate Related Terminations\">patient care settings<\/a>. Hospitals in Illinois, \u2062such \u200bas Rush University Medical Center, are similarly requiring masks in specific areas.<\/p>\n<p>The article \u2063reflects on \u2063the past context of mask usage in medical \u2062environments and notes that, while masks were previously utilized primarily in \u200chealthcare settings, widespread mandates\u2064 are becoming \u2064an enduring public health measure in some regions. It critiques the ongoing government enforcement of mask mandates that emerged during the COVID-19 \u2062pandemic, suggesting that these measures might\u2062 potentially \u2062be a form of overreach \u200dthat is highly \u2064likely to persist in the future. the piece raises\u2062 concerns about the\u2064 implications of\u2064 such mandates \u2062on \u2064personal freedoms and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">public health policy<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hospitals and health facilities in certain states are requiring or recommending that their employees, patients, and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">visitors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">wear face masks<\/a><\/a> this winter as the flu and RSV spread.<\/p>\n<p>The mandates have so far impacted hospitals in New York, New Jersey, and California to various extents, according to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/maps-mask-mandates-returning-new-york-jersey-california-2004297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> published last month.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet noted that RWJBarnabas Health, the largest hospital system in New Jersey, now has mask requirements or recommendations for their facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Masking is required for &ldquo;all patients who present with respiratory symptoms, as well as all staff members and providers caring for them,&rdquo; in outpatient and medical group facilities for RJWBarnabas Health, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rwjbh.org\/patients-visitors\/what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19\/general-visitation-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> from the network.<\/p>\n<p>All visitors to the hospitals are asked to &ldquo;wear an appropriate face mask.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>New York Health Commissioner James McDonald meanwhile announced in a statement that all healthcare personnel in the state &ldquo;who are not vaccinated against the flu this season need to take extra precautions and wear a mask in healthcare facilities,&rdquo; Newsweek reported.<\/p>\n<p>Various health officials in California, especially surrounding the Bay Area, preemptively established new mask mandates through the entire winter as early as last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Those mandates in Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, and Napa Counties, for instance, require health workers to wear face masks in patient care areas.<\/p>\n<p>More hospitals in Illinois likewise reinstated mask mandates, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/several-illinois-hospitals-requiring-masks-as-respiratory-infections-climb\/3634653\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WMAQ-TV<\/a> at the end of last month.<\/p>\n<p>Rush University Medical Center announced that patients and visitors must wear hospital-grade masks in clinical offices, patient registration, and waiting areas.<\/p>\n<p>Mask mandates did not make an annual appearance until very recently.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, face masks have always been used in medical contexts, and they are helpful to prevent the spread of diseases in some cases.<\/p>\n<p>But the broad mandates are taking such precautions to an entirely new level.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the advent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/covid-cautious-bowling-thing-gloriously-ridiculous-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID<\/a> five years ago, the force of government has been behind broad mandates to mask up, and it appears that those mandates will never entirely end, at least in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>COVID severely broke down our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/merry-christmas-tony-fauci-loses-wildly-priced-taxpayer-funded-security-new-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thresholds<\/a> for what is a tolerable amount of government overreach, to the extent that some state and local governments and even some private entities like hospital systems, are once more ordering us to strap masks to our faces at their request.<\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes, our elites never let a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bill-gates-plays-god-funds-project-turning-mosquitoes-flying-vaccinators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">good crisis<\/a> go to waste.<\/p>\n<p>The question is not whether these mandates will continue, but merely to what extent they will continue.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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According to a Newsweek report from last month, these requirements have affected hospitals in New York, New Jersey, and California to varying degrees. RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey&#8217;s largest hospital system, has implemented mask mandates for all patients with respiratory symptoms and for staff caring for them. Visitors are also encouraged to wear appropriate masks. In New York, health officials have stated that unvaccinated healthcare workers must wear masks in facilities. Additionally, new mask mandates were established in several California counties last fall for health workers in patient care areas. Illinois hospitals have also reinstated mask requirements recently. While face masks have long been used in medical settings to prevent disease spread, current broad mandates reflect heightened precautions since the onset of COVID-19 five years ago. This situation raises questions about the future extent of such mandates across different regions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2386067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mask-Mandate.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[16840,47854,47853,34553,38835],"class_list":["post-2386066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-16840","tag-coronavirus-recovery","tag-health-trends","tag-mask-mandates","tag-public-policy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mask-Mandate.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386066","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=2386066"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386074,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386066\/revisions\/2386074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}