Right now, COVID mandates appear to be making a comeback across the entire country, which

really appears to be something of a, you can say, cosmic coincidence, because at the

very same time that the presidential election is beginning to gear up, well, it appears

that various mandates are going right back into effect, specifically.

On a previous episode, we already discussed how colleges and businesses were bringing

back various aspects of the mandates, such as the mask mandates, the contact tracing, obligatory

COVID tests, and according to no college mandates, which is a group that tracks COVID policies

and higher education, they found that there are still over 100 colleges across the whole

country, which require students to be vaccinated in order to attend in-person classes.

However, since we aired that episode, just last week, the list of mandates has actually

grown, given the fact that several large hospital systems, using a rise in COVID cases as their

excuse, have also reinstated their mask mandates.

These include United Health Services in New York, which is once again requiring masks

for patients, visitors, staff, and doctors.

He was, in fact, a statement from United, quote,

Because of an uptick in COVID-19 cases, masks are once again required in all clinical areas

at UHS Wilson Medical Center, UHS Binghampton General Hospital, UHS Chinanago Memorial Hospital,

and UHS Delaware Valley Hospital, as well as primary and specialty care sites.

The policies in effect immediately for all patients, visitors, employees, medical staff,

volunteers, students, and vendors.

Then you have Kaiser Permanente over in California, reinstating their mandates as well.

Although at this very moment, their mandate applies only to staff members and doctors.

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