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WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SOMERVILLE TO LIFT ITS MASK MANDATE?

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 8, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The City enters into a new phase of the pandemic

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: indoor, mandate, mask, pandemic, SOMERVILLE

BOSTON WILL LIFT ITS INDOOR MASK MANDATE

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 3, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Starting this weekend, masking will still be recommended but will no longer be required in indoor, public spaces

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Health, mandate, mask, pandemic, policy

SEASON’S PLEADINGS

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted December 12, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Frame made of Christmas toys and gifts and a medical mask with the inscription covid in the middle" by wuestenigel is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Be kind this holiday season, wear a mask indoors

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, assist, Boston, Christmas, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, friend, Give, global, Hanukkah, Health, help, holiday, holidays, international, Jason Pramas, KN95, Kwanzaa, love, mask, Massachusetts, N95, neighbor, Ōmisoka, pandemic, public health, SARS-CoV-2, surgical, usa, world

MA SCHOOLS NEED FREE HIGH-QUALITY MASKS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted September 6, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

"3M N95 Particulate Respirator.JPG" by Banej is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

And the federal government should start providing them for all US residents ASAP

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Cambridge, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, faculty, Family, FFP2, Health, Jason Pramas, KF94, KN95, MA, mask, Mass, Massachusetts, N95, pandemic, policy, public health, school, staff, student, teacher, usa

ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH, CASSANDRA

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 26, 2021 Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Still from the film Homo Sapiens (2016). Image courtesy of Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion GmbH.

Human unwillingness to surmount the pandemic means it’s unlikely we will stop global warming

Filed Under: COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: America, Apparent Horizon, carbon emissions, civilization, Climate Change, Column, coronavirus, COVID, Delta, Democracy, Environment, fate, Film, global warming, Health, heat dome, Homo Sapiens, humanity, International Energy Agency, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, pandemic, Politics, usa, vaccine

THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER YET

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted June 14, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

Cambridge, MA restaurant sign, June 13, 2021. Photo by Jason Pramas. Copyright 2021 Jason Pramas.

Mass residents need to stop running amok in public spaces

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, epidemic, genomic sequencing, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, pandemic, Politics, public health, testing, usa, vaccination, vaccine

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: DON’T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted April 19, 2021 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Massachusetts National Guard by The National Guard is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Keep wearing masks and social distancing until public health officials say it’s safe to stop

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, cdc, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, discussion, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Family, Health, how-to, Jason Pramas, Johnson & Johnson, mask, Massachusetts, Moderna, pandemic, Pfizer, public health, social distancing, vaccination, vaccine

THANKS, SOCIOPATHS!

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted November 16, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics

More Mass residents have died from COVID-19 than all the Mass soldiers killed in WWII, but let’s “get back to normal,” right?

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Bob DeLeo, Charlie Baker, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, Health, Jason Pramas, mask, Massachusetts, MBTA, policy, Politics, public health, social distancing, tax, taxation, transportation, usa

CLOSE ALL THE SCHOOLS NOW

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted August 24, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update

Illustration by Scott Brundage

Act today to prevent a coronavirus explosion

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Update Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, children, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, criticism, Democracy, education, Health, Jason Pramas, labor, mask, Massachusetts, parents, reopen, safety, student, teacher, union

MORE TIPS FOR MASKHOLES

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted July 21, 2020 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS

"Masked for Adventure" by wickenden is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Always keep masks on in public… even when you think no one else is around

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, COVID, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Apparent Horizon, Boston, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, Democracy, discussion, Family, Health, how-to, Jason Pramas, mask, maskhole, Massachusetts, pandemic, social distancing

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