Now that much of California is easing its COVID restrictions, the states top health advisor says he is still wearing a mask in grocery stores and dines outside.
Dr. Mark Ghaly, head of California’s massive Health and Human Services Agency, continues to wear a mask in grocery stores and will dine outside — but not indoors — at restaurants even as California, like much of the nation, has lifted its mask mandate and many other pandemic restrictions. This was among the topics explored March 4 as Kaiser Health News Senior Correspondent Samantha Young met with Ghaly for a wide-ranging 30-minute interview hosted by theYoung spoke with Ghaly, Gov.
A pediatrician and father of four, Ghaly said the COVID vaccine should be required for schoolchildren, similar to other mandatory childhood vaccines. “Our schools are better off because we have these requirements” for preventing diseases, Ghaly said.California will allow children to be in classrooms without a mask after March 11, but Ghaly said he hasn’t yet talked with his kids about what they’ll do.
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