{"id":8252,"date":"2022-02-18T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8252"},"modified":"2022-02-18T12:21:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T19:21:45","slug":"gov-newsoms-new-covid-plan-gives-little-hope-for-a-return-to-pre-pandemic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8252","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Newsom\u2019s New COVID Plan Gives Little Hope for a Return to Pre-Pandemic Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Bobbie Wylie<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Gavin Newsom revealed his new COVID-19 plan Thursday, called the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/files.covid19.ca.gov\/pdf\/smarterplan.pdf\">SMARTER Plan<\/a>.\u201d SMARTER stands for Shots, Masks, Awareness, Readiness, Testing, Education and Rx, all of which are supposed to play a part in \u201cusing the lessons of the last two years to approach mitigation and adaptation measures through effective and timely strategies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Newsom\u2019s new plan does not include any metrics for transitioning away from pandemic-related policies. <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/health\/coronavirus\/2022\/02\/california-covid-plans\/\">The plan\u2019s major focus is on flexibility and preparing for potential future COVID-19 spikes<\/a> rather than fully opening the state and bringing an end to COVID-19 related precautions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Governor Newsom spoke on the release of the SMARTER Plan, saying \u201cWe have all come to understand what was not understood at the beginning of this crisis \u2014 that there is no end date, that there is not a moment where we declare victory.\u201d Newsom emphasized that the plan is a turning point for California\u2019s pandemic response, moving from a \u201ccrisis mentality\u201d to a \u201cmore settled approach\u201d so that Californians can feel \u201cfirm and confident\u201d about the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Critics of the plan are concerned over its lack of a clear timeline. California\u2019s State of Emergency has continued for nearly two years, with no clear end in sight. Last week, Republican lawmakers unsuccessfully tried to force a vote on ending the state of emergency ahead of the Super Bowl. On Thursday, Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) <a href=\"https:\/\/sd39.senate.ca.gov\/news\/20220217-senate-leader-atkins-issues-statement-scr-5-and-state-emergency\">announced<\/a> that on March 15, a Senate committee will debate a Republican-led resolution to end California\u2019s state of emergency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Watchara Phomicinda\/The Orange County Register\/SCNG via AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Bobbie Wylie Governor Gavin Newsom revealed his new COVID-19 plan Thursday, called the \u201cSMARTER Plan.\u201d SMARTER stands for Shots, Masks, Awareness, Readiness, Testing, Education and Rx, all of which are supposed to play a part in \u201cusing the lessons of the last two years to approach mitigation and adaptation measures through effective and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gov. 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