
The Los Alamos National Laboratory’s latest mask mandate lasted only three days, after which COVID-19 community transmission rates dropped below high, according to a lab memo. The New Mexico nuclear weapons laboratory let employees take the masks off Nov. 18 after briefly making face coverings mandatory again on Nov. 15, according to an internal email. Masks are mandatory at DoE facilities in locations with a high rate of community transmission, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and…