Multiple states bring back face mask rules as doctors warn of 'quad-demic' of viruses this winter

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this is going to get killed fast with brain worm in charge.

Hospitals in multiple blue states have brought back masking amid surges of winter viruses.

This week, New Jersey's largest hospital system, RWJBarnabas Health, reinstated its mask requirement for all staff, patients, and visitors, even though the state's Covid infection rate is 'low.'

The system, which treats 3million patients per year, said Monday that staff will provide new masks for everyone who walks in the door and 'may ask you to replace your own mask with a hospital-supplied mask' as part of the mandate.

Visitors will also be required to sanitize their hands before entering hospital buildings.

Several counties in San Francisco's Bay Area have also brought back mask rules with an order in effect from November 18 through April 30, 2025.

Meanwhile, hospitals in New York have also urged patients, staff and visitors to mask while indoors and get vaccinated against Covid and the flu as rates have 'really plummeted.'

And last month, New York City health officials recommended masking up on public transport as winter temperatures set in.

The return of masking comes amid a surge of four winter viruses, including Covid and the flu, which experts believe could be a sign of an impending 'quad-demic.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

Multiple states bring back mask rules as doctors warn of 'quad-demic'

New Jersey's largest hospital system, RWJBarnabas Health, reinstated its mask mandate for all staff, patients, and visitors. Hospitals in New York are also encouraging masks.
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Although I'm a US citizen, I have lived more than half of my life in a country where the wearing of masks has been standard practice for decades. If one has the sniffles, one wears a mask out of consideration for others. Easy-peasy.

So every time I read or hear about the politicization of mask-wearing in Murica, I am utterly befuddled.
 
japanime said:
Although I'm a US citizen, I have lived more than half of my life in a country where the wearing of masks has been standard practice for decades. If one has the sniffles, one wears a mask out of consideration for others. Easy-peasy.

So every time I read or hear about the politicization of mask-wearing in Murica, I am utterly befuddled.
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well, you cant see those bugs with your eyes so they are not real I guess. it all comes down to if Treump told everyone to wear masks they would.
 
japanime said:
Although I'm a US citizen, I have lived more than half of my life in a country where the wearing of masks has been standard practice for decades. If one has the sniffles, one wears a mask out of consideration for others. Easy-peasy.

So every time I read or hear about the politicization of mask-wearing in Murica, I am utterly befuddled.
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My wife and her mother are from Japan and this is exactly how they see it. Not just about not catching it, but not spreading it and viewed as a common courtesy.

America is full of a bunch of selfish people who couldn't care less about anyone else.
 
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