An Amazon employee walks into a fulfillment center in Kent, Washington and is handed a mask by another employee with a pair of pliers before starting a shift in the huge parcel handling warehouse last June. (GeekWire file photo / Kurt Schlosser) A day after its office workers’ return to a personal environment was postponed … Read more
LOS ANGELES — In Anaheim, California, Disneyland worker Judy Hart, 62, says she’ll never get the COVID-19 vaccine because it’s “experimental.” What about masks? Hart wears one while working retail sales at the most magical place on Earth, but nowhere else. “It’s against our freedoms,” she says. “And I’m not some religious weirdo who thinks it’s … Read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday issued recommendations for the 2021-22 school year that include anyone over the age of 2 who wear masks regardless of vaccination status. The Academy also “strongly” recommends face-to-face learning and urges anyone who may be eligible to get vaccinated to protect against COVID-19. AAP said it reinforces recommendations … Read more
“At first, nobody really knew whether to dance,” Miranda Myers said of her prom at Lee’s Summit High School, adding that the dance floor was soon filling up. (Courtesy Jessica Brown) Just a few months ago, many of this year’s high school students did not know whether there would be a prom at the end … Read more
Das Tragen einer eng anliegenden Maske oder einer Doppelmaske kann die Exposition gegenüber und Ausbreitung von COVID-19, einer entscheidenden Abwehr gegen neu auftretende Variationen des Virus, drastisch verringern, berichtete die CDC am Mittwoch. In Labortests mit Dummies verringerte sich die Exposition gegenüber potenziell infektiösen Aerosolen um mehr als 90%, wenn enge oder doppelte Masken verwendet … Read more