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Gilpin: Respect others' decisions

12/1/2020
After reading your letter in the Independent on Nov. 28, 2020, I just have one thing to say — ”Mr. Megee, mind your own business.” There is no reason whatsoever to wear a mask …

Mask requirement fails at town council

11/26/2020
Florence is staying with the status quo when it comes to masks and social distancing in fighting COVID-19.Vice Mayor John Anderson proposed making masks a requirement for everyone in public spaces.

Ducey refuses statewide mask mandate

11/18/2020
PHOENIX — Gov. Doug Ducey refused Wednesday to impose new restrictions or mandates on individuals even as his own health chief warned of an increasing number of Arizonans becoming infected with COVID-19.

Megee: Why don't more people wear masks?

10/19/2020
In reply to the comment by Paul Playford (“Too many ignore mask mandates,” Daily Independent, Oct. 12, 2020), we have to agree with him and his wife regarding the lack of people wearing …

Lux: Wear masks to help stop pandemic

10/14/2020
Herman Cain caught the virus at Trump’s Tulsa rally and died. Four people from Trump’s Minnesota rally caught the virus, three are in the hospital, one on a ventilator. And Trump’s …

Lux: Check out groundbreaking tech — masks

10/8/2020
My fellow Americans, Amazon has a product that zaps the COVID-19 virus, the cold virus, and even the flu virus! It keeps the virus that floats in the air like dust from entering your body, and …

Banner Health opposes lifting mask mandates

9/29/2020
Rolling back mask and distancing mandates now will reverse gains in slowing the spread. Banner Health, Arizona’s largest health care system, is strongly opposed to any decision or consideration …

Banner Health backs mask mandates, social distancing

9/24/2020
Banner Health is banking mask mandates and continued social distancing as a way to  slow the spread of COVID-19, and says rolling back mandates could reverse the state's progress. Banner, the …

Scanlan: Calls out letter writer as ‘self …

9/16/2020
I would like the opportunity to respond to recent the letter by Kathleen O’Brien-Lawrence (“Merchants, masks, money madness,” Daily Independent, Sept. 14, 2020). First, there …

Gettle: Masks worth wearing to save lives

9/10/2020
In his recent article (“Mask up to protect lives, protect economy,” Daily Independent, Sept. 8, 2020), Dr. Richard Strand quoted a estimate of 30,000 to 40,000 lives that could be saved …

Doctor: Mask up to protect lives, protect economy

9/8/2020
I want to remind us all that the COVID-19 pandemic, despite some recent improvements, is most definitely not yet over.

Johnson: Masks have value in fighting COVID

7/28/2020
I am one of many retired RNs living in Sun City West, and like Joe Vogel, respiratory therapist of 25 years (“People do not want to catch COVID-19”) and the rest of my colleagues, we …