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WASHINGTON — You can wear a mask inside Fiddleheads Café, but it will cost you. “$5 added to orders placed while wearing a face mask,” reads a sign pasted on a window of the restaurant, located in the Northern California town of Mendocino. On the other side of the country, at the Middle Eastern restaurant Little Sesame in downtown Washington, D.C., there is also a sign greeting visitors. “No mask, no hummus,” that sign declares. Little Sesame in Washington, D.C. (Alexander… Source link

Rep. Lauren Boebert on the House steps of the Capitol on Monday, January 4, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rep. Lauren Boebert falsely claimed Texas hasn’t recorded a single COVID-19 death in two months. “Since removing the mask mandate …Texas has not reported a single COVID death,” she claimed. Data shows 3,600 Texans lost their lives to the virus since March 2, the day restrictions were lifted. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado… Source link

Shopping for a new outfit or enjoying a cup of coffee outside of one’s home is about to start resembling life before the COVID-19 pandemic.  Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surprised corporate America (and reportedly President Joe Biden) by saying those who are fully vaccinated are allowed to go maskless in most places. That includes indoors.  The CDC has put America’s biggest companies in a tough spot seeing as the decision does not override state and local… Source link

Music giant will.i.am, known for his long track record as a tech innovator, is stepping into the world of pandemic styling.  The rapper recently unveiled his Xupermask, a high-tech face mask with noise cancelling earbuds, Bluetooth support, and a HEPA filtration system, that comes through a partnership with Honeywell (HON).  “I just wanted to create something that made me feel a little bit more safe and more comfortable traveling,” will.i.am told Yahoo Finance. “And when I traveled, people… Source link

Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented a surgical face mask that’s widely believed to be the precursor to the N95 mask. WASHINGTON — Google on Wednesday celebrated what would have been the 142nd birthday of the inventor of surgical face masks, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, with a Google doodle. Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist whose invention is considered to be the… Source link

Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist who invented a surgical face mask that’s widely believed to be the precursor to the N95 mask. WASHINGTON — Google on Wednesday celebrated what would have been the 142nd birthday of the inventor of surgical face masks, Dr. Wu Lien-teh, with a Google doodle. Dr. Lien-teh was a Chinese-Malaysian epidemiologist whose invention is considered to be the… Source link

A Victorian mum has used an unexpected Aldi product to develop her own hilarious yet practical face mask amid the state’s struggle to clamp down on community transmission of the novel coronavirus. Emily Rumbold, a mum-of-seven from Melbourne, opted to repurpose an old wet wipe packet into a nifty mask, in line with the state’s recent mandating of face coverings for all residents in the city. Adding an additional feature, she positioned the opening lid over her mouth, allowing convenient… Source link

Dwight Howard has been very open about his frequent decision to not wear a mask inside the NBA’s bubble at Walt Disney World amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Los Angeles Lakers center often posts to social media or goes live without one on, and has questioned why players were even made to wear them in the first place. On Sunday, he took things a step further. After going live on Instagram while not wearing a mask despite being around others, Howard was asked if he believed in… Source link