The Maine Medical Association and the MMA’s Public Health Committee released a statement this week urging Mainers to vaccinate and mask during the holidays while also pleading with Maine businesses to reinstitute masking requirements and provide masks to customers who have none.

The MMA’s full statement can be found here:

Maine Physicians – Masks & Vaccinations More Important Than Ever

Maine Public – Maine Physicians Call on Businesses To Reimpose Mask Requirements

WMTW-8 – Maine ER Doctor Says Physicians Are ‘Tired and Discouraged’ Following ICU record

Portland Press Herald – How Maine Lost Control Of Coronavirus And Became A National Hot Spot

What else we’re reading:

WGME-13 – Maine Officials Address New COVID Pill, Effectiveness of Vaccines Amid Omicron Concerns

Spectrum News – Maine Offers Mental Health Resources to Cope With Pandemic

Business Insider – ER Doctors Say This COVID-19 Wave Is Forcing Them to Deny Treatment To Other Patients Who Can Die As A Result

Washington Post – In Highly Vaccinated New England, Hospitals Are Under Unprecedented Strain as Coronavirus Surges

Washington Post – Vaccine Misinformation Has Run Rampant on Pregnancy Apps

Washington Post – South Africa’s Omicron Wave Appears to Be Falling Sharply