Doctors in Northern Ireland have reported facing increasing cases of aggression from patients and hospital visitors refusing to wear face masks during NHS appointments. The British Medical Association said there was also growing resistance to being tested for COVID before attending routine appointments or going to emergency departments. Dr David Farren, deputy chair of […]
New CDC guidance says fully vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors, but many businesses like Starbucks and some state and local governments have not relaxed their own mask rules yet. “The whole country is not a homogeneous space,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said Thursday in explaining that […]
Masks and physical distancing are proving to have major fringe benefits, keeping people from getting all kinds of illnesses — not just COVID-19. But it’s unclear whether the protocols will be worth the pain in the long run. The teachers at New Hope Academy in Franklin, Tennessee, were chatting the […]
