- From the Mayo Clinic: face masks are safe to wear (unless you’re unconscious), and are an extremely effective way to stop the spread of COVID-19.
- After an uproar from faculty and staff, starting July 15, face masks are required at all University System of Georgia colleges.
- An 11-page Goldman Sachs report explains why face mask mandates will reduce COVID-19 infections and death — and increase national GDP.
- TL;DR: if reopening the economy is important to you, mask mandates should also be important to you.
- When the Marietta City Schools system reopens this August, face masks are required for all students, faculty, and staff.
- Related: in part because of a conversation with fellow player (and current COVID-19 patient) Freddie Freeman, Braves outfielder Nick Markakis decided to sit the (truncated; TBD?) 2020 season out.
- There’s little evidence that recent protests in the U.S. helped increase the spread of COVID-19 (no matter what you might hear on Fox News).
- How to clean your cloth face mask (and avoid maskne).
In other Georgia news: RIP, Charlie Daniels.