News | Environment & Health Republicans’ Politicization of Mask-Wearing May Have Killed Tens of Thousands The partisan rift on mask-wearing sown early in the pandemic persists today as Republican leaders lift mask mandates. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout February 22, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden Indicates Americans May Need to Wear Masks Throughout 2021 One health model suggests total deaths from COVID-19 could be cut in half between now and June 1 if everyone wore masks. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 12, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Biden White House Considers Plan Rejected by Trump to Send Masks Through USPS The plan has not yet been finalized, and it's possible the Biden administration may not go forward with it at all. By Chris Walker , Truthout February 4, 2021 Truthout
News | Education & Youth CDC Experts Say Schools Can Reopen, If Communities Also Take Proper Precautions A high number of Americans still refuse to take social distancing and mask-wearing seriously, complicating the issue. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 27, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Rep. Jayapal: Unmasked Republicans Made Capitol Breach a “Superspreader Event” Several Republicans were offered masks, but refused them, while in close quarters during the breach by Trump supporters. By Chris Walker , Truthout January 12, 2021 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Ted Cruz Calls Fellow Senator an “Ass” for Urging Mask Use During Senate Session Cruz wrongly believes six feet of social distancing negates the need to wear a mask, but the CDC recommends doing both. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health National Mask Mandate Remains Popular, Even Among Most Republicans Seventy-five percent of Americans back implementing a national mask mandate, recent polling finds. By Chris Walker , Truthout November 17, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health New Research Shows Masks Are Helping Hold Down COVID Death Rates Significantly As new cases in the U.S. hit a record high, health experts say masks are playing a tremendous role in preventing deaths. By Igor Derysh , Salon October 24, 2020 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Fauci Says Trump’s Refusal to Wear Mask Is Due to Belief It Makes Him Look Weak One model predicts there would be 79,000 fewer deaths between now and February if 95 percent of the public wore masks. By Chris Walker , Truthout October 19, 2020 Truthout
News | Environment & Health Trump Wrongly Asserts “Virtually Nobody” Young Is Harmed by COVID Hundreds of thousands of children under the age of 18 have been diagnosed with the disease. By Chris Walker , Truthout September 22, 2020 Truthout