Posted on 05/02/2022 12:35:10 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
City health officials are “strongly” encouraging Minneapolis residents to put their face masks back on, regardless of vaccination status.
The Minneapolis Health Department said in a Thursday news release that residents should “wear masks in indoor public settings and businesses,” citing an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
The city said its seven-day new case rate has increased from 51 infections per 100,000 people in mid-March to 227 per 100,000. Hospitalizations have increased from 1.9 per 100,000 people to 4.8 per 100,000, which the city describes as “above the caution threshold.”
The city boasted about using “science to guide its public health strategies,” which have “saved lives.”
Minneapolis is located in Hennepin County, which the CDC reports is currently a low-risk county for COVID-19. This designation is based on infection and hospitalization numbers. Two counties, Olmsted and Wabasha, are now considered high risk, while eight are described as medium risk.
The bulk of the high-risk counties are in New York; none are in Florida.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey revoked his mask mandate in late February when cases were trending down. The 7-day new case rate at that time was 135 per 100,000 people.
According to a new CDC study released this week, more than half of American adults and 75% of kids have had COVID-19. In Minnesota, 60% of people have been infected, the study claims.
“To me, the high level of prevalence, especially among younger age groups, highlights the absolute futility of trying to suppress a contagious respiratory virus,” health care veteran Kevin Roche told Power Line.
“Prominent scientists warned us of this,” he continued. “When you think about what the efforts to suppress the virus cost us in so many ways, only to end up with most of the population infected anyway, it should really cause everyone to demand a complete overhaul of public health authorities.”
Everyone say NO.
It’s time for the Covid Mid-Term variant.
How predictable!
A bit off topic, but I love your tagline.
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I don’t get snarky replies anymore. The men who reply must be in the 10-15% of men who do not look at porn.
BTW we women (and children) need strong men of faith to provide for and protect us.
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Same with Texas. Except for a small smattering of Karens here and there, nobody wears face diapers.
Most here in MA are maskless also.
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How unruly plane incidents changed after mask mandate fell!:
The rate of unruly passenger incidents on airplanes fell to the lowest level since 2020 a week after a federal judge ended a government mask mandate for public transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.
The FAA said there were 1.9 reported incidents per 10,000 flights during the week ending April 24, compared to 4.4 reported incidents per 10,000 flights the prior week. The FAA said previously about 70% of reported incidents involved the enforcement of masking rules.
The FAA said the average rate in the last three months of 2020 was 2.45 incidents per 10,000 flights.
The national mask mandate was struck down on April 18 by a federal judge in Florida.
In January, the FAA implemented a zero tolerance policy after noticing a disturbing increase in unruly passenger incidents on flights.
Under the policy, the FAA issues fines to disorderly passengers instead of warning letters or counseling. The agency said the policy helped reduce the incident rate by more than 60% since it was enacted.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/unruly-air-passenger-incidents-fall-after-mask-mandate-lifted
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