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The Rochester City School District is following the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance for the upcoming school year. This will require all students and all staff to wear face coverings no matter vaccination status. Social distancing will be a priority indoors and masks for buses. Children will need to have their temperature taken […]
And just like that CDC is recommending masks be worn indoors even if you are fully vaccinated. The Center For Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance on Tuesday. They are also recommending face masks for all individuals in K-12 schools. The update comes as Covid-19 cases beginning to rise once again […]
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling for a national effort to fight misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines. Murthy wrote in a 22-page advisory, that bogus claims have led people to reject vaccines and public health advice on masks and social distancing. Calling it a “urgent threat” to public health. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and other Social […]
Kids won’t need to wear a mask, if they are going to summer school. The New York State Department of Health has changed its guidelines. According to News10NBC, the DOH sent a notice to districts saying it is now treating summer schools the same as summer camps, by encouraging face masks, but not mandating them. […]
Apparently, there has been a spike in COVID-19 vaccinations since the new guidance for masks. CNN reports people went to vaccines.gov to look up vaccination sites after the CDC announced the new mask guidelines. They recorded the second-highest number of visitors since the site went up on April 30th. CNN reports the spike in vaccination […]
Thursday, Janice McGeachin, Idaho Lieutenant Governor, signed an executive order while Governor Brad Little was out of town and unaware. The executive order was signed to ban all mask mandates. Marissa Morrison Hyer, Little’s press secretary stated: “The lieutenant governor did not make Gov. Little aware of her executive order ahead of time.” CNN reported […]
Notice anything different in stores? This past Wednesday, per the announcement of the CDC, Governor Andrew Cuomo lifted the mask mandate for those who are fully vaccinated, meaning they received all required shots and have waited two weeks post final shot. However, despite the mandate, several places are still requiring customers to wear masks. Places […]
It seems as though there is a new announcement about the COVID-19 virus every day. Over the last week or so, the CDC announced that those who are fully vaccinated no longer have to wear their masks outside. However, despite this new announcement, many who are fully vaccinated, such as President Biden, are still wearing […]
The officials in charge of the Lilac Festival have announced that the annual fair will return this year after being cancelled due to COVID-19. Organizers confirmed that the proposed plans were approved by Monroe County and New York state. The 123rd Rochester Lilac Festival will take place in May, over three weekends: May 7-9 May […]
Over the past year, the CDC has been the main source of information for how to go about our day to day lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. As Americans begin to receive the full vaccine course, some are left wondering if they can do things the way they used to before COVID hit the nation […]