Starting Monday, Mainers won’t have to mask up in most indoor settings — vaccinated or not. Some area business owners say their mask requirements will continue, others will drop requirements, and still others scramble to set policies
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Business, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Some worry it’s too early to unmask in Maine
Area residents react to state’s decision to no longer mandate masks indoors in public in most cases.
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We’re vaccinated — we should be tossing our masks the way grads toss mortarboards
It turns out good news isn’t as contagious as covid. But it’s important to heed the scientists.
Posted inPerspective
The science is clear: Masks worked, but vaccinated people don’t need them now
Masks helped us slow the spread of the coronavirus. But the CDC is right – the vaccinated don’t need them anymore, and taking them off will move us toward normalcy in the United States.
Posted inMaine
Maine CDC reports 159 new COVID-19 cases, lowest daily increase since March
It announced Saturday that more person had died with the illness, a Cumberland County man in his 60s.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Masks could be sore spot as lawmakers return to State House
House Minority Leader Kathleen Dillingham, R-Oxford, has challenged State House requirements to continue wearing masks.
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
When do I still need to wear a mask?
Whether you still need to wear a mask depends mostly on whether or not you’re vaccinated.
Posted inNation / World, Sports
IOC: Olympics will be held even if Tokyo is in a state of emergency
The IOC vice president in charge of the Tokyo Olympics says the games will open in just over two months even if the city and other parts of Japan are under a state of emergency.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s 7-day case average goes below 200 for first time since late March
The decline comes 3 days before the state’s mask mandate is set to expire for most people in most settings.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Health, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine
More hospitalizations among young people with COVID-19 in April
In April, 19 people in their 40s were hospitalized, an increase of nine from March.