BERKELEY demanding students wear masks if not vaxxed against FLU…

The University of California, Berkeley has introduced a mask mandate for students who have not taken a seasonal flu shot.‘Masks are required during flu season if not vaccinated for flu,’ an announcement on the school’s website read.The guidelines also strongly recommends that all people on UC Berkeley campuses wear masks indoors regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status.The move, which represents a doubling down on a widely abandoned masking policy and challenges 2019 norms for seasonal flu, was met with a torrent of criticism and mocking in equal measure on social media.Lawyer and California candidate for U.S. Senate, Mark Meuser, said: ‘UC Berkeley is going to force unvaccinated students to mask during flu season, despite the CDC saying that unvaccinated should now be treated the same as vaccinated. ‘Someone should tell UC Berkeley that they should follow the science,’ he quipped sarcastically.‘2019 norms gone forever at Berkeley, as university makes masking compulsory in flu seasons,’ another user tweeted.Other users were in utter disbelief at the decision.‘I saw some images of it and doubted it, oh no, it’s real… Never mind a 100-year old consensus masks don’t help for the flu,’ one said.Another chipped in: ‘Worth asking how we got to this point, where two weeks to crush the curve have become …