Officials described the mask mandate as a minimally disruptive tactic to blunt rapidly rising coronavirus transmission. But does it make any sense?
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Both Bay Area counties have had relatively stable hospitalizations in recent weeks. And Santa Clara County has only 2.7 COVID-19 hospitalizations for every 100,000 residents; San Francisco has 2.6.In reopening California on June 15, officials statewide implemented an honor system: unvaccinated people still had to wear masks in indoor public spaces, even though businesses were under no obligation to verify their inoculation status.
L.A. County officials are now worried that unvaccinated people instead responded by not masking up in required settings. And with cases and hospitalizations growing, authorities say they hope reinstituting masking as a social norm will help reduce disease transmission. “We’re not where we need to be for the millions at risk of infection here in Los Angeles County, and waiting to do something will be too late given what we’re seeing now,” said Dr. Muntu Davis, the county’s health officer.Officials have emphasized that fully vaccinated people have a very good chance of not being infected or becoming seriously ill if they are fully vaccinated. As of early July, unvaccinated people were being infected with the coronavirus in L.A.
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