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Alameda County will now require masks in most indoor settings.

A Republican gubernatorial candidate is making a lot of progress in a historically deep blue state in an election cycle that does not favor Democrats.

"It’s more of a matter of principle of where the authority lies," says Fauci.

We are caught in a vicious cycle.

"The most important finding from this study is that contrary to the accepted thought that fewer people are dying because infection rates are reduced by masks, this was not the case," wrote Dr. Fögen.

Chinese social media users are saying the US could be the source of the rise in monkeypox cases, with conspiracy theories stating the US deliberately leaked the virus which has now spread to at least a dozen countries.

Data "shows the consequence of these vaccines and masks," said Dr. Fleming.

Researchers say there are "harmful unintended consequences" for mask wearers.

Mask mandates are being lifted for public servants while government departments and agencies will return to the workplace at full capacity, Health Canada said in an update of its occupational health guidance on May 16.

“Countries with high levels of mask compliance did not perform better than those with low mask usage,” found a new study, whose data and analysis instead discovered a “moderate positive correlation between mask usage and deaths.”