There are 6 article(s) tagged mask:

• September 2021

  • Germantown schools see fewer COVID-19 cases following judge’s order

    Since the temporary restraining order was issued, Germantown has seen a slower rate of cases. Other suburban districts noticed a slight decrease or no change since Labor Day.

    By Abigail Warren September 20, 2021

• August 2021

  • Nearly 1,400 opt out of masks in Collierville schools; 385 quarantined

    Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allows students to opt out and attend classes without masks.

    By Abigail Warren August 25, 2021

  • Memphis near the eye of national mask debate storm

    Tennessee finds itself at the center of a national debate over whether mask mandates promote public health at the expense of citizens’ liberty.

    By Ian Round August 22, 2021

• July 2020

  • Opinion: Conservatives should wear masks, but liberals make it unnecessarily hard

    One of John Stuart Mill's arguments in “On Liberty” is often reduced to this sentence: Your freedom ends where my nose begins. Never has that way of putting it seemed more literal, noses being the coronavirus’s main point of entry into our bodies.

    By Michael Nelson July 27, 2020

• June 2020

  • Health department resumes free mask distribution

    The EPA and Tennessee Department of Health have certified the safety of these masks. 

    By Jane Roberts June 16, 2020

• May 2020

  • Acquiring masks has been too much of a community adventure

    The diversity of masks and their origins would be charming if it wasn’t yet another sign of official dysfunction in our collective approach to controlling a pandemic. 

    By Chris Herrington May 06, 2020