There are 13 article(s) tagged masks:

• February 2022

  • ‘I’m just trying to keep from getting sick’

    Despite shifts in CDC guidelines, a mask giveaway hosted by the Shelby County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has plenty of takers. 

    By Alicia Davidson February 26, 2022

• January 2022

  • Germantown Municipal School District drops mask requirement

    The board instituted a mask mandate on Dec. 31 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases following the holidays and unknowns related to the Omicron variant.

    By Abigail Warren January 20, 2022

• November 2021

  • Tigers, Grizzlies games no longer require proof of vaccination, negative test

    The new policy goes into effect immediately.

    By Steven Johnson November 20, 2021

• October 2021

  • FedExForum no longer requiring masks at Grizzlies, Tigers games

    Children ages 2-11 still have to wear masks, however, and the entrance policy of vaccination or proof of negative test remains unchanged.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff October 28, 2021

• August 2021

  • Read St. Jude CEO’s letter urging masks for children in schools

    “Why are we now debating whether children should be protected amid a raging pandemic that has killed more than 600,000 in the U.S. alone?”

    By James R. Downing August 26, 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

  • Herrington: From anti-mask to ‘exceptionalism,’ a two-front schools battle our kids don’t need

    Our schools: A two-front political battlefield our kids didn’t ask for and really don’t need right now. Education shouldn’t be conscription, especially in the service of others’ political ambitions.

    By Chris Herrington August 13, 2021

• May 2021

  • Masks optional for Collierville, Arlington, Germantown students

    Beginning Monday, Collierville Schools will make masks optional for students through the end of 2021. Arlington Community Schools and Germantown Municipal School District also are loosening their masking requirement.

    By Abigail Warren May 13, 2021

• August 2020

  • Thread of love runs through each mask sewn for Binghampton neighbors

    Over the past four months, the Carpenter Art Garden, located on Carpenter Street, has distributed over 1,000 masks in Binghampton – free of charge – for both adults and children.

    By Omer Yusuf August 24, 2020

• July 2020

  • The local fight against COVID-19: ongoing, often coordinated, far from finished

    Memphis/Shelby County made progress in the struggle against COVID-19, coming out of a Safer at Home order and advancing into a Phase 2 reopening. But Phase 2 has been modified, cases have spiked again, and there remain major concerns going forward, including whether or not elementary and secondary schools can reopen in the fall. 

    By Don Wade July 20, 2020

• May 2020

  • Mississippi governor condemns church fire amid virus pandemic

    Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday condemned a church fire in Holly Springs that’s being investigated as an arson.

    By The Associated Press May 22, 2020

  • Living through this, killing time

    Much as I miss you, Memphis, I don’t want to see you up close for a while yet. And I’m going to keep finding ways to spend time without most of you so that I can see a lot more of you later.

    By Dan Conaway May 22, 2020

  • Kindness Blog: Restaurateurs provide masks for MHA residents

    Across the Memphis area, people are reaching out to others with gestures of kindness and generosity.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 20, 2020