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PFE - Mask Mandates are coming back as Covid cases and hospitalizations rise.

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Mask mandates have been reinstated in healthcare systems across several U.S. states as cases and hospitalizations of respiratory illnesses—including Covid, the flu and RSV–continue to increase nationwide.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariannajohnson/2024/01/04/heres-where-mask-mandates-are-coming-back-as-covid-cases-and-hospitalizations-rise/

Illinois: After the Illinois Department of Public Health recommended masks in healthcare facilities and advised these facilities to “step up” their efforts in December, several hospital systems like Cook County Health—which includes Chicago—and Endeavor Health began requiring masks, and Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center announced Tuesday it will require all visitors, patients and staff to wear masks in some areas on campus like hospital waiting rooms.

Massachusetts: Berkshire Health System in Massachusetts announced it would begin requiring masks in its facilities starting Wednesday due to “significant levels” of respiratory illnesses; almost 17% of the 65,956 emergency room visits in the state were related to respiratory illnesses between Dec. 17, 2023 and Dec. 23, 2023.

New York: New York City reinstated a mask mandate in all of its 11 public hospitals, 30 health centers and five long-term care facilities, New York City Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan...

California: Los Angeles County—which requires masking in healthcare settings when the county reaches the medium level for Covid hospitalizations (defined by the Centers for Disease Control as between 10-19.9 new COVID hospital admissions per 100,000 over seven days)—reinstated the mandate last month when it hit that level.