COVID-19 Cases Are Rising In LA County, But Don't Expect New Indoor Mask Requirements — Yet

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COVID-19 cases have been rising in Los Angeles County -- but not enough to warrant the return of indoor mask requirements, according to county officials.

"If we were to move back to a high level of concern, of a … high community level, we would go ahead and immediately reinstate that masking requirement," Ferrer said. But, she added, this would depend on the situation.

Starting Friday, the county will align itself with the state's guidance and remove the quarantine requirement for people who are"close contacts" of an infected person, regardless of vaccination status, so long as they mask and test. "Some folks could interpret this information as a good reason to either not get vaccinated or not get boosted," Ferrer said."I think that would be unfortunate because the data doesn't support that conclusion. Getting infected carries with it the risk of getting pretty sick, getting long COVID, and even dying.

"We may not be seeing a corresponding increase in hospitalizations because of the customary delay in hospitalizations increasing after cases increase," Ferrer said."But this could also indicate that a smaller number of those infected are requiring hospital care today."

 

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Nobody will listen this time. She’s an idiot and not even licensed to practice medicine.

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