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Island County Republican convicted over Election Day refusal to wear a mask

(The Center Square) – An Island County, Wash. election observer has been convicted of a felony over his refusal to wear a mask last year when policy was established by the county auditor due to a high ...
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The face mask is a political symbol in America, and what it represents has changed drastically in the 100 years since the last major pandemic

Mask laws were enacted in the US during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, and wearing one was seen as a proud exhibition of one's patriotic duty to their country. Fast forward to the coronavirus ...
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An IR View: New Townsend clinic, memorial nature trail, fake mask exempt cards

Congratulations to St. Peter's Health for opening its $2 million medical clinic in Townsend. The new clinic has six exam rooms, as well as an EKG and new X-ray machines. The staff at the clinic ...
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Vaccine skeptics and anti-maskers who invoked 'my body, my choice' in the pandemic are now lining up to support the end of Roe v. Wade

People against vaccine and mask mandates have argued that they impose on a person's bodily autonomy. That rallying cry of "my body, my choice" was rooted in the abortion-rights battles of Roe v. Wade.