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Ireland’s pro-lockdown health minister has said that he may reintroduce forced mask-wearing lockdown measures ostensibly to curb the spread of COVID-19. Stephen Donnelly, Ireland’s pro-lockdown Minister for Health, has said that he may reintroduce forced mask-wearing ostensibly to curb the spread of the Chinese coronavirus, telling the public to “never say never” in regards to the restrictions.

The majority of those who are considered “fully vaccinated” are still wearing masks the bulk of the time when outside their homes, a Yahoo! News/YouGov survey released this week found. As the Biden Administration and public health officials continue to push for mass vaccinations, originally pitching them as the way to return to pre-pandemic life, a majority of people, including a majority of the vaccinated, are still wearing masks “always” or “most of the time” when outside their home.

Biden really told us directly that he intends to make us get vaccinated, no ifs, ands or buts. He even said, "My patience is wearing thin." and I think he meant it. So, I thought that statement would serve well in talking to my wife about something I asked her to do. As I dictate this text with a friend typing it up, many things come to mind. I feel remorseful that Covid has caused so many problems in our society and has divided us sharply across vaccination lines. Sadness overcomes me frequently now. After saying that to my wife,...

"FOX News Sunday" host Chris Wallace discovered during an interview with the dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, Dr. Ashish Jha, that standard cloth masks do very little to stop the spread of COVID-19. "So you're saying this mask I've been wearing for a year isn't really protecting me very much?" Wallace asked. "You probably need to upgrade your mask, Chris," Jha told him.

Wear a mask, pay a penalty. That's the unusual message a Mendocino restaurant owner is offering his customers.Signs posted in the windows and at the register of Fiddleheads Cafe on Lansing Street read: "$5 FEE ADDED TO ORDERS PLACED WHILE WEARING A FACE MASK." And in the fine print below that message, it adds that anyone overheard boasting about receiving a vaccine would get another $5 surcharge.Owner Chris Castleman told NBC Bay Area some customers have paid the $5 fee while others have expressed shock and outrage. He says the "fee" ultimately is an optional donation as it goes to...

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), would not definitively state when Americans can stop wearing masks, contending it is “difficult” to say until “we get a large enough percentage of the population vaccinated.”

As more Americans get vaccinated — and more proof, albeit still inconclusive, emerges that the COVID-19 vaccines more than likely inhibit the spread of the coronavirus — it feels as if the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel is near.

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday said it was a “mistake” for him to not wear a mask at the White House during the coronavirus pandemic. Christie, who spent a week in the hospital fighting COVID-19, told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that he felt “safe” not wearing one at the White House, but he knows he was “wrong.” He urged Americans to get the vaccine to reduce the risk of severe effects.

First Lady Jill Biden filmed a public service announcement released Thursday, urging Americans to keep wearing their masks during the coronavirus pandemic. The first lady appeared in the video with her family’s two dogs Champ and Major. The ad was titled “Puppy Bowl XVII” to coincide with this year’s Super Bowl on Sunday.

Vice President Kamala Harris, who along with President Joe Biden has promised to make “racial justice” a top priority is getting flack for wearing Dolce & Gabbana because the brand has been accused of racism. “Harris was photographed wearing a polo-necked wool jumper from the Italian fashion house, with a grey checked blazer and trouser suit at swearing-in of Janet Yellen as treasury secretary,” CNN News 18 reported. “She was seen wearing the brand’s straight-leg houndstooth trousers during her second shot of covid vaccine

Just before the end of 2020, the NCAA has gone ahead and done maybe the most 2020 thing ever. The NCAA has filed a trademark for the term “Mask Madness,” as a way to promote the wearing of masks during the Division I men’s basketball tournament known as “March Madness.” “The National Collegiate Athletic Association made the filing on Dec. 23,” Sporting News reports. “According to the filing, the NCAA wants to use the term both to promote public awareness about the benefits of wearing masks, along with advertising and marketing around masks as a protection of viral infections.

Wearing a used mask could be more dangerous than not wearing one at all when it comes to warding off COVID-19, a new study has found. A new three-layer surgical mask is 65 percent efficient in filtering particles in the air — but when used, that number drops to 25 percent, according to the study published Tuesday in the Physics of Fluids

Many in the mainstream media were gawking on Twitter Thursday night about those not wearing masks at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on the White House’s South Lawn. Yet, some were not wearing masks themselves. At least ten members of the mainstream media took to Twitter to complain about the lack of mask usage at the final night of the RNC on the South Lawn of the White House:

Texas elected official gets misdemeanor, accused of berating a teen girl wearing Trump T-shirt Caleb Parke By Caleb Parke | Fox News Facebook Twitter Flipboard Comments Print Email Kellye Burke, an elected official and Moms Demand Action member in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday, accused of berating a young teenage girl wearing a Trump t-shirt. Kellye Burke, an elected official and Moms Demand Action member in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday, accused of berating a young teenage girl wearing a Trump t-shirt. (City of West University Place/Trenz.com) An...

Seattle may be home for tech giants Amazon and Microsoft, but Google Glass isn't welcome in one local diner. Nick Starr, a network engineer, found this out the hard way after wearing Glass to Lost Lake Lounge last week. (Via Facebook / Nick Starr) After being seated, Starr writes, "A woman who works there comes up to us and tells me that the owner's other restaurant doesn't allow Google Glass and that I would have to either put it away (it doesn't fold up btw) or leave." (Via Facebook / Nick Starr) ​ The two then reportedly had a back-and-forth....

Excerpt: Yes, you can get a ticket for driving while wearing the new eyewear-like Google Glass wearable computer, which is now being tested nationwide for possible entry into the consumer market. Cecilia Abadie, 44, who lives in Temecula and works at a golf store in San Diego, got just such a ticket Tuesday night after being stopped for speeding by a California Highway Patrol officer. Quickly, Abadie posted a note on the Internet: "A cop just stopped me and gave me a ticket for wearing Google Glass while driving! ... Is Google Glass illegal while driving or is this cop...

Army Orders Soldiers to Wear Fake Breasts and 'Empathy' Bellies Soldiers don fake belly, breasts to better understand pregnant troops' exercise concerns By Seth Robson Stars and Stripes Published: February 16, 2012 CAMP ZAMA, Japan – The Army is ordering its hardened combat veterans to wear fake breasts and empathy bellies so they can better understand how pregnant soldiers feel during physical training. This week, 14 noncommissioned officers at Camp Zama took turns wearing the “pregnancy simulators” as they stretched, twisted and exercised during a three-day class that teaches them to serve as fitness instructors for pregnant soldiers and new...

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. (AP) -- A dance troupe from Florida caused a rush-hour terror scare when they ditched their cars in the Lincoln Tunnel and tried to run to a TV appearance in Manhattan while wearing their camouflage costumes. The dancers drove about 1,000 miles so they could appear Wednesday on BET's live "106 & Park" show. But they hit traffic at the tunnel, which connects New Jersey and New York City and is just two miles from the TV studio. The five young women and three young men decided to sprint the rest of the way. They left their adult...

YouTube video.A stagehand working on the stage set up for President Obama's appearance in Los Angeles was told to go home when he refused to remove his hat and shirt honoring the aircraft carrier named USS George H. W. Bush. His son is in the US Navy and serves on the ship.Link to the USS George H.W. Bush website

Two men standing behind President Obama at a campaign rally for Gov. Deval Patrick (D-MA) are wearing a shirt with his face on it.