Topic: L.A. County again requiring masks indoorsPosted By: hachiban08
Subject: L.A. County again requiring masks indoors
Date Posted: July 15 2021 at 3:09pm
L.A. County again requiring masks indoors starting Saturday amid spike in coronavirus cases
Los Angeles County is reimplementing its mask mandate indoors — regardless of vaccination status— amid an increase in coronavirus case numbers and concerns over the delta variant, officials announced Thursday.
The new masking order goes into effect 11:59 p.m. on Saturday.
“We’re not where we need to be for the millions at risk of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something will be too late, given what we’re seeing,” L.A. County Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said in a briefing with reporters.
L.A. County has seen several consecutive days with more than 1,000 new cases reported daily amid a “rapid and sustained” spike in the number of cases.
The county recorded 1,537 new coronavirus cases Thursday — a 83% increase over the last week, according to Davis.
“Masking indoors must again become a normal practice by all, regardless of vaccination status, so they can stop the trends and level of transmission we’re currently seeing,” Davis said.
It’s unclear how long the new mask requirements will remain in effect.
“We expect to keep this order in place until we begin to see improvements,” Davis said.
L.A. County’s new order comes after the health department https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-county-urges-everyone-to-wear-masks-in-public-indoor-places-as-delta-variant-spreads/" rel="noreferrer noopener - on June 28 started “strongly recommending” that people wear masks indoors in public places. The move came just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom reopened California and https://ktla.com/news/california/california-reopens-says-goodbye-to-nearly-all-covid-19-restrictions/" rel="noreferrer noopener - lifted the statewide mask mandate .
“We took a chance in terms of lifting the physical distancing requirements as well as the capacity limits. We changed the masking at the time. We felt it was reasonable to do given the level of community transmission that we had at that moment,” Davis said. “But this is not the same situation. We’re in a very different situation. This is not the same as what it was June 15.”
Officials said the county’s Health Officer Order will be updated to outline the changes by Friday.
Let's see if they end up backtracking on this too like they've been doing on other COVID rules lately here in California - like the mask wearing in schools thing. I hope everyone's been well, it's been a min since I've posted 🌻
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Replies: Posted By: carbon20
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 4:02am
Great to here from you ,
Hachiban08,missed your input,hope you been ok
Take care all 😷😉
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Posted By: hachiban08
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 9:46am
I've been hanging in there Carbon, just started a new job and it's been eating away at my time lately. Working from home at the present, thankfully. 💻 I hope you're doing well too 😊
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Posted By: carbon20
Date Posted: July 16 2021 at 4:56pm
All good here,border control back up ,for anyone coming here,
Mandatory 2 weeks quarantine,
Had a few hiccups,
No virus,no masks ,no lockdown at the moment.....
Things could change in an instant.....
Take care all 😷😉
------------- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.🖖