If you live in the Seattle area, you might want to hang onto your COVID mask -- King County could be seeing another mask mandate in the near future.
. While vaccines — which still protect against serious symptoms, even if they are not always able to protect against infection from a variant — and less-severe variants mean lower hospitalizations and deaths than the delta and omicron waves, Duchin is worried about any increase in hospitalizations.
Amidst this backdrop, the county is considering stronger measures than simply asking people to take precautions. “COVID-19 is not one-and-done. This is going to be a real long-term challenge for us … We’re not going to be able to have infinite series of mandates forcing people to do this, that, and the other,” he said. “They have the role, where things get very serious and we need short-term, immediate improvement.
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