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L.A. County again requiring masks indoors starting Saturday amid coronavirus spike
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Michael Ejercito
Jul 16, 2021, 10:30:03 AM7/16/21
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L.A. County again requiring masks indoors starting Saturday amid
coronavirus spike
NEWS
by: Nouran Salahieh, Wendy Burch, Mary Beth McDade
Posted: Jul 15, 2021 / 02:09 PM PDT / Updated: Jul 16, 2021 / 05:55 AM PDT
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
infections. The county recorded 1,537 new coronavirus cases Thursday — a
83% increase over the last week, according to Davis.
L.A. County sees spike in coronavirus cases
“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 on June 28
started “strongly recommending” that people wear masks indoors in public
places. The move came just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom 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.”
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Now, L.A. County is ranked as having “substantial” coronavirus community
transmission.
The fear is that more people will die of COVID-19 as hospitalization
numbers increase, according to Davis.
He said the pandemic is still being driven by unvaccinated people, and
vaccination rates are low in the communities where transmission is
rising fastest.
Recovery from the pandemic is also complicated by the spread of the
delta coronavirus variant, now California’s dominant coronavirus strain.
The variant became a source for concern as it was found to be more
contagious than even the other highly contagious variants reported.
“Given that slightly under 4 million L.A. County residents are not
vaccinated, the risk of increased spread of this variant within our
county remains high,” the health officer said.
“It’s just disappointing that overall vaccination numbers are lower than
we need them to be,” Davis said.
Asked if there could be more restrictions coming to L.A. County, Davis
said “anything is on the table if things continue to get worse.”
Officials said the county’s Health Officer Order will be updated to
outline the masking requirements by Friday.
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L.A. County again requiring masks indoors starting Saturday amid
coronavirus spike
NEWS
by: Nouran Salahieh, Wendy Burch, Mary Beth McDade
Posted: Jul 15, 2021 / 02:09 PM PDT / Updated: Jul 16, 2021 / 05:55 AM PDT
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
infections. The county recorded 1,537 new coronavirus cases Thursday — a
83% increase over the last week, according to Davis.
L.A. County sees spike in coronavirus cases
“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 on June 28
started “strongly recommending” that people wear masks indoors in public
places. The move came just two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom 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.”
RELATED CONTENT
L.A. County’s coronavirus test positivity rate spikes nearly 700% in 1
month as delta variant circulates
L.A. County reports 5th straight day of more than 1,000 coronavirus
cases amid delta variant fears
‘Urgent threat’ to public health: Surgeon general calls for U.S. fight
against COVID misinformation
Now, L.A. County is ranked as having “substantial” coronavirus community
transmission.
The fear is that more people will die of COVID-19 as hospitalization
numbers increase, according to Davis.
He said the pandemic is still being driven by unvaccinated people, and
vaccination rates are low in the communities where transmission is
rising fastest.
Recovery from the pandemic is also complicated by the spread of the
delta coronavirus variant, now California’s dominant coronavirus strain.
The variant became a source for concern as it was found to be more
contagious than even the other highly contagious variants reported.
“Given that slightly under 4 million L.A. County residents are not
vaccinated, the risk of increased spread of this variant within our
county remains high,” the health officer said.
“It’s just disappointing that overall vaccination numbers are lower than
we need them to be,” Davis said.
Asked if there could be more restrictions coming to L.A. County, Davis
said “anything is on the table if things continue to get worse.”
Officials said the county’s Health Officer Order will be updated to
outline the masking requirements by Friday.
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HeartDoc Andrew
Jul 16, 2021, 10:36:43 AM7/16/21
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the U.S. & elsewhere is by rapidly ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
finding out at any given moment, including even while on-line, who
among us are unwittingly contagious (i.e pre-symptomatic or
asymptomatic) in order to http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John
15:12) for them to call their doctor and self-quarantine per their
doctor in hopes of stopping this pandemic. Thus, we're hoping for the
best while preparing for the worse-case scenario of the Alpha lineage
mutations and others like the Gamma, Beta, Epsilon, Iota, & Delta
lineage mutations combining to form hybrids that render current COVID
vaccines no longer effective.
Indeed, I am wonderfully hungry ( http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 )
and hope you, Michael, also have a healthy appetite too.
So how are you ?
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Cardiologist with an http://bit.ly/EternalMedicalLicense
2016 & upwards non-partisan candidate for U.S. President:
http://bit.ly/WonderfullyHungryPresident
and author of the 2PD-OMER Approach:
http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewCare
which is the only **healthy** cure for the U.S. healthcare crisis
Michael Ejercito
Jul 16, 2021, 10:40:26 AM7/16/21
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Michael
HeartDoc Andrew
Jul 16, 2021, 10:45:27 AM7/16/21
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MichaelE wrote:
> I am wonderfully hungry!
While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory to
GOD, Who causes us to hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us
right now (Luke 6:21a) thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT
from around the heart
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
While wonderfully hungry in the Holy Spirit, Who causes (Deuteronomy
8:3) us to hunger, I note that you, Michael, not only don't have
COVID-19 but are rapture (Luke 17:37) ready and pray (2 Chronicles
7:14) that our Everlasting (Isaiah 9:6) Father in Heaven continues to
give us "much more" (Luke 11:13) Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) so
that we'd have much more of His Help to always say/write that we're
"wonderfully hungry" in **all** ways including especially caring to
http://bit.ly/convince_it_forward (John 15:12 as shown by
http://bit.ly/RapidTestCOVID-19 ) with all glory (
http://bit.ly/Psalm117_ ) to GOD (aka HaShem, Elohim, Abba, DEO), in
the name (John 16:23) of LORD Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Amen.
Laus DEO !
Suggested further reading:
https://groups.google.com/g/sci.med.cardiology/c/5EWtT4CwCOg/m/QjNF57xRBAAJ
Shorter link:
http://bit.ly/StatCOVID-19Test
Be hungrier, which really is wonderfully healthier especially for
diabetics and other heart disease patients:
http://bit.ly/HeartDocAndrewToutsHunger (Luke 6:21a) with all glory to
GOD, Who causes us to hunger (Deuteronomy 8:3) when He blesses us
right now (Luke 6:21a) thereby removing the http://HeartMDPhD.com/VAT
from around the heart
...because we mindfully choose to openly care with our heart,
HeartDoc Andrew <><
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