House passes bill that would criminalize protesting in a mask without a doctor’s note
Anti-masking laws have never been taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court and have had mixed results in lower courts.
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State Rep. Colvin files bill to block mask mandates
A variety of medical experts, including at UAB, have published statistics that show masks were an effective way to prevent the COVID-19 transmission.
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Don’t look for many masks. People just aren’t wearing them.
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See recent postsYou can’t have it both ways
No matter how much they might want to be better, Kay Ivey and GOP leaders are bending to the base.
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See recent postsThe end is near. Repeat.
We don’t seem to have the patience it’ll take to really turn the corner on COVID.
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See recent postsCOVID-19 vaccine misinformation puts lives at risk
One of the latest and most harmful pieces of misinformation is that “breakthrough infections” prove the vaccines don’t work.
Vestavia City Schools reverses mask mandate
The system has reverted to its optional mask policy for staff, visitors and students, only three weeks after enacting a mask mandate
UAB doctors talk COVID, Pfizer’s vaccine safe and effective for 5-11 year olds
The FDA could give emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine for those aged 5 to 11 by the end of October.
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"To date, no one has identified a motive for why the country's doctors and scientists would be trying to trick everyone into wearing a mask."
Positive diagnoses yet to change Moore’s anti-mask mind
"I’m not sure that me wearing a mask, whether you think I should or not, really is going to help anybody," Moore said recently.