Tag: Masks
U of M mandates masks for all regardless of vaccination status
The University of Minnesota announced Monday that all students, faculty, staff, and visitors will be required to wear face masks indoors regardless of vaccination...
Rochester schools mandate masks — for two-year-olds
Earlier this week, Rochester Public Schools voted to require students as young as two to wear masks inside school facilities during the upcoming school...
Walz administration says schools should require masks for all
The Walz administration advised local school districts to consider mandating masks for all students and teachers regardless of vaccination status in a new guidance...
Walz hints at new emergency order or return of masks
In an appearance on WCCO Morning News Friday, Gov. Tim Walz said that he would need to declare another peacetime emergency to enact a...
Commentary: The return of masks is pointless and political
Other than more testing and more reported cases, nothing vital has changed since two weeks ago when I explained the delta variant is innocuous to...
St. Paul City Council member ‘disheartened’ by end of mask mandate
A St. Paul City Council member said she was “disheartened” after the city’s mask mandate was lifted and pleaded with her constituents to continue...
Children share why they hate wearing masks: ‘I want to see...
Minnesota students said they experience "high anxiety" and feel "uncomfortable" and "scared" when wearing masks.
An organization called Mask Off MN recently released a video...
New study shows masks did not slow COVID-19 spread
(American Greatness) — According to a new study by the University of Louisville, the state mask mandates didn’t help slow the spread of COVID-19,...
Commentary: Forever masked
"Masks should remain with us, becoming part of our everyday lives even as the COVID-19 pandemic, science willing, subsides. We should never fully return...