Publisher’s note: Despite the overwhelming evidence indicating that facial coverings do little to suppress viral transmission, and in fact, cause myriad harms to regular mask wearers, Vermonters continue to cover their noses and mouths with all manner o facial coverings, hampering our most elemental life-affirming function – the free exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in and out of our bodies as many as 25,000 times daily. We’ve written about this extensively (80 stories) over the past two years, and it seems reasonable to conclude that, in a Mass Formation situation, the weight of scientific evidence does not always hold sway. Nevertheless, for those Humans interested in the latest collection of scientific evidenced-based studies re: masks and viruses, you can access said data here.

And here is Vermont’s Jennifer Margulis highlighting growing parental frustration with mask mandates in Vermont public schools. About time.