Keep Masks In Hospitals and Doctor’s Offices, Two Dem State Reps Say

Two Massachusetts Democratic state representatives are asking the state's public health agency to keep requiring people to wear masks in hospitals and other medical settings despite a dwindling number of coronavirus cases.   "We strongly believe that masking is an effective and relatively inexpensive protective measure to protect both the workforce and those being treated in hospitals, nursing facilities, and other medical offices," said state Senator Pat Jehlen of Somerville and state Represent

Two Massachusetts Democratic state representatives are asking the state's public health agency to keep requiring people to wear masks in hospitals and other medical settings despite a dwindling number of coronavirus cases.   "We strongly believe that masking is an effective and relatively inexpensive protective measure to protect both the workforce and those being treated in hospitals, nursing facilities, and other medical offices," said state Senator Pat Jehlen of Somerville and state Represent…