Coronavirus cases are once again rising in California.<\/a> Some health officials have warned of another surge, thus necessitating the re-implementation of tedious COVID policies like mask mandates and vaccine verification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe data coming in from this past week qualifies for the label of \u201cHigh Rate of Coronavirus Transmission,\u201d a mark that hasn\u2019t been met since early March. Of the 5,600 cases recorded in the state last week, 1,037 have been hospitalized, and 146 were put in intensive care units.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDr. Curtis Chan, the deputy health officer for San Mateo County said in an interview that “We’re expecting a small surge that may mirror something that we saw in Delta last summer, in early July, but it’s happening now, in May.\u201d However, Chan doesn\u2019t foresee cases rising to the level of January\u2019s Omicron surge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nLos Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer has suggested that she is prepared to recommend a universal mask mandate if LA reaches a \u201cHigh COVID-19 Community Level.\u201d Local California health departments have been faster to impose mandates than even the CDC, but a High COVID-19 Community Level would also receive the CDC\u2019s recommendation for universal mask mandates. \u201cLet’s continue to be prepared to take appropriate measures depending on what we’re learning and seeing,\u201d said Ferrer.<\/span><\/p>\nAs California conservatives know very well, politicians and public health officials have not hesitated to enforce COVID policies like mask mandates, vaccine requirements, social distancing, and school closures. But their lack of patience for vaccine and mask-hesitant citizens will have to be tested once more as individuals from all factions of the political spectrum grow tired of a COVID-hysteric government \u2014 people are ready to move past COVID for good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPhoto Cred: Robyn Beck\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Written by William Hale Coronavirus cases are once again rising in California. Some health officials have warned of another surge, thus necessitating the re-implementation of tedious COVID policies like mask mandates and vaccine verification.\u00a0 The data coming in from this past week qualifies for the label of \u201cHigh Rate of Coronavirus Transmission,\u201d a mark that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"\n
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