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California Reinstates Statewide Indoor Mask Mandate

The San Francisco Chronicle reports: The state of California will once again require that all residents — regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status — wear masks indoors. The mandate will apply to all indoor settings beginning on Wednesday, Dec. 15, and last at least until Jan. 15. Some counties, including San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Sonoma and …

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NY Gov Issues Statewide Indoor Face Mask Mandate

The New York Daily News reports: Gov. Hochul issued a statewide mask mandate on Friday, ordering the use of face coverings in all New York businesses that do not require proof of vaccination, as the state grapples with a winter wave of coronavirus cases that continues to stretch hospitals thin. The directive will enter force on Monday and last for …

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Man Slugs NYC Shopkeeper Over Face Mask Rule

The New York Daily News reports: What a maskhole! A cantankerous customer coldcocked the 68-year-old owner of a Manhattan Army surplus store in a caught-on-camera attack after he was asked to wear a mask inside the store, police said Wednesday. The store owner suffered a bloody bruise and was taken to Lenox Hill Healthplex. The ruffian is a white man …

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Megyn Kelly Rants Against “Dem Virtue Signaling” Face Masks: “I Feel I Have Joe Biden’s Hand Over My Mouth”

“I stayed out of the sun for 30 years so that I could have relatively decent skin by the time I was 51, and I have it, and I don’t feel the need hide it behind a disgusting mask that can cause outbreaks. “My skin looks better without that damn mask on. I don’t want to hide behind it. I …

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Court Hears GOP Suit Over US House Mask Mandate

Law & Crime reports: “Maybe if we took this pandemic seriously we wouldn’t have so many Americans in the grave,” Senior U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton cut to the chase during oral arguments in a case about the House of Representatives’ mask mandate. Walton declined to rule from the bench “because this is a matter of first impression” and wanted …

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TSA To Extend Mask Rule For Travelers Through March

Reuters reports: President Joe Biden’s administration will extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train stations through mid-March to address ongoing COVID-19 risks, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. A formal announcement extending the requirements through March 18 is expected on Thursday, the sources said. The White House and Transportation …

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Missouri Buried Its Own Study Showing Masks Work

The Missouri Independent reports: Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the delta variant wave, an analysis by the state Department of Health and Senior Services shows. But the analysis, conducted at the request of Gov. Mike Parson’s office in early November, was never made public and was only obtained …

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NYC Issues Mask Advisory Due To Omicron Variant

Gothamist reports: New York City has issued a health advisory that recommends all residents wear a mask indoors and in public settings, in response to the emergence of the omicron variant. Officials said the new advisory strengthens the city’s position on mask-wearing, though it echoes a previous recommendation issued in August. Mayor Bill de Blasio and city health commissioner Dr. …

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Boris Johnson: Mask Mandate Reinstated For England

ABC News reports: As two cases of the new Omricon variant of the COVID-19 virus have been detected in the U.K., England has mandated a return to mask wearing and PCR tests. Addressing a nationally televised press conference on Saturday afternoon, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport across …

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FAA Seeks $162K In Fines Against Eight Passengers

From the Federal Aviation Administration: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes $161,823 in civil penalties against eight airline passengers for alleged unruly behavior involving alcohol. Since Jan. 1, 2021, the FAA has received nearly 300 reports of passenger disturbances due to alcohol and intoxication. $24,000 against a passenger on a March 31, 2021, Delta Air Lines …

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DC To Ease Some Indoor Mask Rules Starting Monday

The Washington Post reports: Washington’s local mask mandate, one of the strictest in the nation since late July, will relax greatly beginning Monday, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) announced Tuesday. The District had required residents to wear masks in most indoor settings since the delta variant caused coronavirus case counts to rise over the summer. On Tuesday, Bowser said that …

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TX Woman Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendant

The San Jose Mercury News reports: A 50-year-old Cypress, Texas, woman has been charged with assaulting a flight attendant during a United Airlines flight from Alaska to San Francisco International Airport earlier this year, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Debby Dutton appeared Friday in Houston federal court to face a charge of interference by assault, threat or intimidation with …

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Man Wants Charges In Allen West Mask Incident

The Dallas Morning News reports: The man whom Allen West admitted physically confronting at DFW International Airport over a disagreement about masks last week said he wants to press charges, alleging that the Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate “violently” tore off the man’s mask. In an interview with The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday, Lawrence Eric Stern said he was told …

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Anti-Mask Pair Assault Cookie Shop Worker [VIDEO]

Portland, Oregon’s CBS News affiliate reports: A man and a woman were arrested for assaulting the owner of Crumb Together in Eugene, after being asked to leave the store for refusing to wear masks, according to police. The suspects have been identified as 34-year-old Ricki Scott Collin, and 45-year-old Amy Verlee Hall — both from Portland. According to authorities, a …

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Apple Stores To Begin Phasing Out Mask Requirement

The Verge reports: Apple is reportedly planning to begin ending mask requirements for customers at some of its US retail stores as early as Friday. The company told employees about the change in an internal memo on Thursday, Bloomberg reported, saying the decision was based on a decline in coronavirus cases and a rise in vaccination rates. The latest memo …

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Arizona Supreme Court: School Mask Ban Was Illegal

Phoenix’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Arizona Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously upheld a lower court judgment that found the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution by including new laws banning school mask mandates and a series of other measures in unrelated budget bills. The swift ruling from the state’s high court came less than two hours after the seven …

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Fox Shareholders Meeting To Require Vax And Masks

Media Matters reports: The Fox Corporation’s upcoming annual shareholder meeting in Los Angeles will feature something that totally contradicts its own media outlets’ right-wing editorial line: vaccination passports, mask requirements, and a variety of other COVID-19 safety measures as part of Fox’s health and safety protocols. The company’s blatant hypocrisy is already well-documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fox News has …

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JFK Flight Diverted After Anti-Mask Violence [VIDEO]

Los Angeles’s CBS News affiliate reports: An American Airlines flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on its way to John Wayne Airport diverted to Denver International after a passenger assaulted a female flight attendant over what witnesses said was a dispute about wearing a mask. Mackenzie Rose, another passenger on the flight, told CBSLA that the …

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NY Man Gets 5-10 Years In Theme Park Mask Assault

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: A New York man was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison Monday for assaulting a Sesame Place employee who asked him and his girlfriend to don face masks at the park in August 2020, an attack that left the teen worker with a fractured jaw. Bucks County President Judge Wallace H. Bateman chastised Troy …

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TN Gov Loses Another Court Fight Over Mask Mandate

The Tennessean reports: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of school mask mandates violates federal law and will remain blocked in Williamson County, a judge decided Friday. U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw’s ruling continues to prevent Lee’s order, which the governor extended through Nov. 5, from taking effect in Williamson County’s two …

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