To mask or not? Cook County’s medical expert weighs in on Lollapalooza, school and travel amid conflicting health guidelines as COVID cases rise. Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune © Alexandra Wimley/Chicago Tribune A large crowd walks away from the Bud Light stage after Migos set ended on the first day of Lollapalooza in Chicago s Grant Park on Aug. 3, 2017.
The decision to mask or go without has become increasingly confusing, as various government authorities offer conflicting COVID-19 pandemic guidelines and recommendations for the fully vaccinated.
Yet despite rising case counts, it remains pretty safe for most fully vaccinated people in the Chicago area to continue to go maskless in the majority of settings, said Dr. Rachel Rubin, co-lead of the Cook County Department of Public Health.
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Residents are again required to wear face masks in public places regardless of vaccination status.
Los Angeles County residents are again required to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status a new mandate that health officials hope will reverse the latest spikes in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths.
The rule went into effect late Saturday for the nation’s largest county, home to 11 million people, where a sharp increase in COVID-19 cases is led by the highly transmissible delta variant.
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California has seen a steady rise in virus cases since the state fully reopened its economy on June 15 and did away with capacity limits and social distancing.
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FILE - In this July 1, 2021, file photo visitors wear masks as they walk in a shopping district in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation s largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County s public health officer said Thursday, July 15, 2021.
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FILE - In this March 17, 2021 file photo Patrons eat lunch in an indoor space at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation s largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County s public health officer said Thursday, July 15, 2021.