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California, Oregon, Washington to end school mask mandates

Mon, 2022-02-28 17:43 — mike kraft
California, Oregon, Washington to end school mask mandates SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Schoolchildren in California, Oregon and Washington will no longer be required to wear masks as part of new indoor mask policies the Democratic governors of all three states announced jointly on Monday. AP NEWS

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Los Angeles County eases COVID-19 indoor mask mandate

Thu, 2022-02-24 10:03 — mike kraft
Los Angeles County eases COVID-19 indoor mask mandate LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County will began allowing people to remove their masks while indoors if they are vaccinated as the omicron winter surge continues to ease, officials announced Thursday. AP NEWS

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California adopts "endemic" virus policy, Colorado ends hospital crisis care protocol

Thu, 2022-02-17 19:39 — mike kraft
California adopts nation's first 'endemic' virus policy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a state to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes prevention and quick reactions to outbreaks over mandates, a milestone nearly two years in the making that harkens to a return to a more normal existence. AP NEWS

 

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Masks: New York state judge strikes down mask mandate; LA mandates non-cloth masks; Atlanta makes masks optional

Tue, 2022-01-25 10:29 — mike kraft
New York state judge strikes down mask mandate -- but education department says schools must follow mask rule A state judge struck down New York state's mask mandate Monday, ruling the governor and state Department of Health did not have the authority to enact such a mandate without approval from the legislature. Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN CNN
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California records one million COVID-19 cases in past week

Tue, 2022-01-18 17:46 — mike kraft
1 million COVID-19 cases recorded in California in past week California recorded one million COVID-19 cases in the past week — the fastest pace yet at which the state has logged infections, the Los Angeles Times Caroline Vakil TheHill
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California:Spike in COVID virus cases hitting hospitals, schools

Thu, 2022-01-06 10:21 — mike kraft
Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools | AP News LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as an astonishing spike in coronavirus infections sweeps through the state. The fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 is sidelining exposed or infected health care workers even as hospital beds fill with patients and “some facilities are going to be strapped," Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. AP NEWS
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Los Angeles County ilustration: COVID data show stark difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated

Fri, 2021-12-31 17:11 — mike kraft
LA County COVID data show stark difference between vaccinated and unvaccinated New data from Los Angeles County shows a sharp difference in the likelihood of death or hospitalization from COVID-19 in those who have been vaccinated versus those who have not. ABC7 Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County reported more than 20,000 new COVID-19 cases in one day on Thursday - but as grim as that news sounds, new data also shows how effective vaccines have been at containing the virus' most severe consequences: deaths and hospitalizations.

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US west braces for omicron surge, but leaders do not bear down.

Fri, 2021-12-24 12:07 — mike kraft
As US west braces for omicron surge, leaders take a hands-off approach Experts call for public health measures beyond vaccines as health workers describe a ‘war zone’ A person administers a Covid test in California on 21 December. Photograph: Allen J Schaben/Rex/Shutterstock As the highly transmissible Omicron variant began to surge across Colorado this month, Governor Jared Polis adopted a laissez-faire tone.
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CDC finds coronavirus testing of exposed children in schools can safely replace quarantine

Fri, 2021-12-17 11:49 — mike kraft
CDC finds coronavirus testing of exposed children in schools can safely replace quarantine Children exposed the virus needn't return to virtual learning if their schools can implement a rigorous testing regime instead. Laura Meckler Washington Post
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Los Angelese school board postpones student vacciine mandate to next falll because so many students are still unvaccinated

Wed, 2021-12-15 10:16 — mike kraft

Los Angeles school board delays enforcement of student vaccine mandate to fall 2022

The Los Angeles school board agreed Tuesday to delay enforcement of its student COVID-19 vaccine mandate from Jan. 10 to fall 2022, citing concerns over disrupting learning and the monumental task of transferring tens of thousands of students into independent study.

The decision came after interim Supt. Megan K. Reilly laid out a plan Friday to push back the deadline because the district was confronted with the reality that about 28,000 students had not complied and under the rules would be barred from in-person schooling and enrolled in independent study. ...

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