By City News Service
Dec 29, 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - With conference rooms, cafeterias and gift shops converted into medical-care spaces, Los Angeles County hospitals continued to be overrun with COVID-19 and other patients today, while deaths from the virus spiked sharply upward, nearing the 10,000-fatality mark.
And while it will take several weeks to determine if the Christmas holiday will lead to another surge in virus cases, health officials said the weekend images of crowded airports and freeways paint a dim picture that likely portend an even more horrific situation at hospitals.
“The situation is truly dire, county Health Services Director Dr. Christina Ghaly said, saying the county s hospitals are “inundated with COVID patients.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reported reporting 13,580 new COVID-19 cases and 44 more deaths. In addition, 6,815 people are hospitalized.
https://www.hangthecensors.com/481534.html (Natural News) A magistrate has struck down Los Angeles County’s prohibition on outdoor dining for lack of scientific evidence justifying the order. In a Dec. 8 decision, LA County Superior Judge James Chalfant overturned the county’s outdoor dining ban, calling it “abuse … unsupported by any findings.” The Nov. 25 order by the
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health mandated that restaurants cease their outdoor operations, following a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.
In his 73-page assessment, Chalfant remarked that “the Restaurant Closure Order is an abuse of the [
Health Department‘s] emergency powers, is not grounded in science, evidence or logic and … [is] unenforceable as a matter of law. The assessment found that the county failed to perform a required risk-benefit analysis about the restriction.