Column: Masks or no masks? Shaming or no shame? New phase of COVID-19 upends all we’ve learned
As California moves from pandemic to endemic, don’t expect the anxiety and uncertainty to fade, columnist Anita Chabria writes. So here we go, California, jumping from pandemic to endemicity — dragging with us a new word and the heavy psychological baggage that the COVID emergency is over, but COVID-19 isn’t. On Thursday, Dr. Mark Ghaly, head of California’s Health and Human Services Agency, announced the state is moving to a “SMARTER” approach to COVID-19. Gavin Newsom avoided using the term “endemic” in his comments Thursday — though that’s clearly what his plan is about. California Why California is hoping people keep wearing masks even as coronavirus cases fall Many health experts are strongly recommending the public still wear masks even as the state lifted its order requiring them to be worn in indoor public spaces for vaccinated people.
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