{"id":8725,"date":"2022-05-18T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T23:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2022-05-18T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T23:23:20","slug":"experts-stoke-covid-fear-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8725","title":{"rendered":"Experts Stoke COVID Fear Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by T. Logan Dayne<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Groups of local health officials are once again urging Californians to mask up. It\u2019s been over two years since COVID-19 hit the U.S. and as the 800th day of \u201c15 days to slow the spread\u201d draws near Californians may be looking at renewed lockdowns from their elected officials.<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/newsletters\/whatmatters\/2022\/05\/covid-surge-california\/\"> Over 75 million vaccines have been administered in California<\/a> with 75% of the population vaccinated, despite this <a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.ca.gov\/state-dashboard\/\">the number of Californians that have died just passed 90,000<\/a> over the two years in a state with nearly 40 million people. That is 0.02 per 100k before being adjusted for age demographics, since experts are now admitting that the virus did have a disproportionate impact on the elderly. None of this is stopping\u00a0 those at the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center from suggesting that the number being reported is actually \u201cmuch higher.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many restaurants and businesses are still struggling to bring workers and customers back. Experts are suggesting that it will actually be Omicron sub-variants that will keep workers from returning. They suggest the sub-variant will increase as the 3rd and 4th booster shots begin to wane and relaxed restrictions begin to occur. Experts also say that returning to in-person learning for children may also be a problem<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2022\/05\/16\/unvaccinated-virtual-academy-teachers-at-lausd-may-lose-jobs-in-a-few-months\/\"> as teachers may lose their jobs as online teaching resources decline.<\/a> Some are also suggesting that these loose restrictions and letting people return to their lives may beget more cases of \u201cLong COVID\u201d, a topic of some controversy now as some studies have begun to dispute its validity, but many prominent figures have accepted it as fact despite little research.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Irfan Khan \/ Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by T. Logan Dayne Groups of local health officials are once again urging Californians to mask up. It\u2019s been over two years since COVID-19 hit the U.S. and as the 800th day of \u201c15 days to slow the spread\u201d draws near Californians may be looking at renewed lockdowns from their elected officials. 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