{"id":3826,"date":"2022-03-23T08:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T06:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2022-03-25T09:00:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T07:00:27","slug":"new-masks-regulations-met-with-mixed-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/blog\/new-masks-regulations-met-with-mixed-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"New masks regulations met with mixed reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube\" style=\"--awb-max-width:1200px;--awb-max-height:675px;--awb-align-self:flex-start;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\" ><iframe title=\"YouTube video player 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K9_VRFl64Ys?wmode=transparent&autoplay=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two text-cap\" style=\"--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;line-height:1.15;\"><p class=\"style-scope ytd-watch-metadata\"><strong>New masks regulations met with mixed reactions<\/strong><\/p><\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span class=\"style-scope yt-formatted-string\" dir=\"auto\">For the past two years, it&#8217;s been illegal to go in public or private spaces without a mask on. However, this has now changed. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that members of the public do not have to wear masks outdoors and in open spaces. While some scientists have criticised this decision, saying it will increase infections, others have welcomed it. SA Medical Research Council CEO Dr Glenda Gray and Wits vaccinologist Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/team-member\/prof-shabir-madhi\/\">Shabir Madhi<\/a> unpack the president&#8217;s speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Credit: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K9_VRFl64Ys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newzroom Afrika, DSTV channel 405<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,39,58],"tags":[12,95],"class_list":["post-3826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-blog","category-articles","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-side-effects","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3827,"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions\/3827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wits-vida.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}