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The announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggesting that vaccinated people can forgo masks outdoors and indoors caught many off-guard this week and created plenty of debate, particularly at the local level.
In a letter sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger spoke in support of dropping masks for vaccinated people, breaking ranks with county public health officials. She called on the governor to follow the eased guidelines set by federal officials. ``Los Angeles County has made tremendous progress vaccinating residents, including those in our hard-hit communities,” Barger said in a statement. ``Furthermore, our positivity rate is less than 1% and our case rate remains low.”
In a momentous turn in the fight against COVID-19, federal officials are significantly easing mask guidelines as the threat of the pandemic rapidly fades.
In a momentous turn in the fight against COVID-19, federal officials are significantly easing mask guidelines as the threat of the pandemic rapidly fades.
Thursday, May 13. Here’s what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
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You’d think, nearly a year and a half into the pandemic, public health officials would have figured out a way to keep
mask guidelines clear and simple.
Not so much.
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The less-than-ideal messaging proficiency of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was on display again Thursday, when its mask guidance changed just two weeks after its previous update.