An increase in the number of cases of COVID and other respiratory illnesses has led to a return to mask mandates in some areas of the country.
Sandy Hook National Park in New Jersey, as well as many healthcare facilities in states like New York, California, Illinois and Massachusetts, have recently announced a reinstated mask policy. despite lack of evidence that masks are effective against the virus.
A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report of an increase in COVID cases in Monmouth County led to the New Jersey state park's decision to reinstate the mask mandate.
“Visitors will be required to wear a mask inside New Jersey National Park buildings. Masks are required at the Sandy Hook Visitor Center, as well as any other building where events or tours are held.” https://t.co/iLIws8awGx pic.twitter.com/hESEf4lTBI
— Anthony LaMesa (@ajlamesa) January 16, 2024
Mask for visiting the outside. ridiculous
— Kevin T. O'Brian (@RMCruz256011235) January 17, 2024
“New Jersey is currently one of the states with the highest rates of positivity in COVID tests. According to CDC data for the week through Jan. 6, New Jersey, along with the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the Virgins have a higher positivity rate than anywhere else in the country, with 15.8 percent of tests coming back positive in the first week of 2024,” Newsweek reported. “Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine and Connecticut trail far behind with test positivity rates of 15.5 percent.”
According to New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan, all 11 New York City public hospitals, 30 health centers and five long-term care facilities are again requiring masks.
“What we don't want is staff shortages, right? When we saw the omicron wave in 2022, the biggest issues weren't just people getting sick, but we had a lot of frontline health workers, they were out with COVID,” Vasan told WABC TV.
And it happens again only during election years…
— Karly (@DepravedAngel) January 17, 2024
Berkshire Health Systems in Massachusetts joined the growing list of those reinstating masking while in California, Los Angeles County is once again requiring all licensed healthcare facilities to enforce masking policies .
“Cook County Health, which encompasses Chicago, and Endeavor Health in suburban Chicago last month began requiring masks again, after the Illinois Department of Public Health asked hospitals to step up, opens new mitigation efforts tabs in various areas, including facilities. masking,” Reuters reported
With the latest notice of the New Jersey park mask mandate, social media users reacted to X to criticize the return of the policies and to remind that this will never go away.
As is ALWAYS known, the main predictor of any viral transmission is duration of exposure and proximity to the source. This mandate is not only useless, but it once again sows a great deal of distrust in our public health systems. @davidzweig @houmanhemmati https://t.co/yTDmVgla8s
— Megan Martin MD, MPH (@Megmd514) January 16, 2024
Executive Order 13991, part of the “100 days of masking”. I'm surprised this OE is still around in 2024.
— Slightly Annoying Red Boy (@LifeDtf) January 16, 2024
They'll never admit it, will they? Masks are useless when the microscopic holes in the masks are much, much larger than the microscopic virus.
“But we have to DO something!” So that's what we're going to do. ♀️— Mary K (@MadeMeJoin2Read) January 16, 2024
Masks that don't work? Have you never done it? That no studies show that they have any effect? Those masks?
— Tom Raymond (@TomRaym63158593) January 17, 2024
But… that's stupid. Those blue paper masks are useless.
Even Fauci admitted it.
— (@KristineAz) January 17, 2024
These masks will save MILLIONS of lives!
Oh!
Just wait.
Do not care. . . . pic.twitter.com/wT3ewVWSRm
— Rebel A. Cole (@RebelACole) January 16, 2024
This is so dumb.
Even if you believe that masks work (they don't), while you spend the day everywhere without a mask, the contribution to forcing people to mask in that location would be completely pointless.
The only point is the virtue signal.
— SonsOfRationality (@RationalSons) January 16, 2024
Sorry guys, I burned all my masks when Biden was elected and said he would “shut down the virus” ♀️
— Captain Cook's Wife (@cptcookswife) January 16, 2024
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