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  • Last Ditch, a (Lesbian) Bar Whose Mask Policy Tore It Apart, Will Close

    10/26/2026 2:47:36 PM PDT · by PghBaldy · 34 replies
    The New York Times ^ | 26 October 2026 | Mark ARSEnault
    The Massachusetts bar, which catered to lesbians, lifted its Covid mask requirement once a week to attract more patrons. The decision brought criticism and national attention, but did not save the business. Some people were upset that the bar had lifted its mask policy one day a week, saying it risked the lives of immunocompromised customers. Others mocked them.
  • Louisiana's largest hospital system lays off 800 staffers — as Biden cuts funding to facilities at end of Covid pandemic

    05/11/2023 6:30:44 PM PDT · by dennisw · 28 replies
    FOR MAILONLINE ^ | 11 May 2023 | CAITLIN TILLEY, HEALTH REPORTER
    High inflation and a shortage of patient clinicians spurred the decision to cut 770 Ochsner Health's CEO said it was 'the hardest change we have ever had to make' Louisiana's largest hospital system has laid off nearly 800 of its staff amid rising healthcare labor costs after the Covid pandemic emergency has come to an end. Ochsner Health announced today it was 'eliminating 770 positions' — around 2 percent of its entire staff — in 'the hardest change we have ever had to make'. It comes after extra money for healthcare systems from the government was cut off after Biden...