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L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order
2 years ago

L.A. County COVID surge raises prospect of return to indoor masking order

LA Times  

Herb Smith, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Mission, gives masks to Carmen Santiago and Juanita Glover, left, on skid row in downtown Los Angeles in this 2020 photo. “These numbers clearly demonstrate that COVID is still with us,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Thursday. “It would mean that hospitalizations are really going up very, very …

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‘Three threats at once’: California urges caution amid spread of RSV, COVID, flu
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Three threats at once’: California urges caution amid spread of RSV, COVID, flu

LA Times  

Mark Swenson of Oceanside is seen by emergency department technician David Tran and registered nurse Jessica Smith on Nov. 11 at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas. “In every category that we track — whether it’s test positivity, case rate numbers, wastewater surveillance, clinical surveillance, hospitalizations — we’re seeing increases for RSV, flu and COVID.” Of particular concern is RSV, respiratory syncytial …

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COVID-19 cases surge in L.A. County, fueled by ‘enormously selfish’ unvaccinated
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 cases surge in L.A. County, fueled by ‘enormously selfish’ unvaccinated

LA Times  

Tamara Pitman, 44, left, of Long Beach is vaccinated for COVID-19 by Marc Ocampo during a clinic at the Long Beach City College Pacific Coast Campus on July 6. “It’s clear that the threat of COVID-19 is still with us and that we are dealing with a more infectious variant that causes it,” county Health Officer Dr. Muntu Davis said. …

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California unveils sweeping plan for full reopening on June 15 as COVID fades
3 years, 7 months ago

California unveils sweeping plan for full reopening on June 15 as COVID fades

LA Times  

Jonathan Skogmo, CEO and founder of Jukin Media, Inc., walks through a deserted portion of the company’s offices in Culver City on May 20, 2021. Come June 15, Californians will wake up to a world that looks nothing like the last year-plus — one where businesses can open their doors without COVID-19 constraints on capacity or requirements for physical distancing, …

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How life in California will change with June 15 reopening
3 years, 7 months ago

How life in California will change with June 15 reopening

LA Times  

A woman’s mask hangs from her ear as she walks along south Catalina Avenue in Redondo Beach’s Riviera Village shopping area earlier this month. Here are the key points of what California can probably expect starting June 15, although details will come out later: Fully vaccinated people by June 15 are expected to no longer need to wear masks in …

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Vaccinating children, vigilance next phase of California’s COVID-19 battle
3 years, 7 months ago

Vaccinating children, vigilance next phase of California’s COVID-19 battle

LA Times  

California continues to see dramatic progress in the fight against COVID-19, with very low recorded infection rates and vaccine distribution continuing to move forward. “Those two groups alone mean that we probably will not be able to approach true herd immunity by the end of the year — unless people dramatically change in terms of their willingness to take vaccine,” …

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California is reserving 40% of COVID-19 vaccine for the neediest. Who will get it?
3 years, 9 months ago

California is reserving 40% of COVID-19 vaccine for the neediest. Who will get it?

LA Times  

Keyaira Escoe, a medical assistant, signals that she is ready to vaccinate people at a vaccination site opened by St. John’s Well Child and Family Center at East Los Angeles Civic Center on March 3. Once 400,000 additional doses are given to people in those areas — expected within the next two weeks — the new plan formally announced this …

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Growing racial inequities in L.A. County vaccine rollout raise alarms
3 years, 10 months ago

Growing racial inequities in L.A. County vaccine rollout raise alarms

LA Times  

A driver awaits a COVID-19 vaccination in the parking lot of the Forum in Inglewood. Los Angeles County officials said they are concerned about low vaccination numbers among healthcare workers in South L.A. and other communities of color, while advocates for essential workers worry that California’s new vaccine priority plan slows their ability to get inoculated despite the dangers inherent …

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When’s your turn? L.A. County residents can check COVID-19 vaccine eligibility on state site
3 years, 10 months ago

When’s your turn? L.A. County residents can check COVID-19 vaccine eligibility on state site

LA Times  

Maria Saravia, an environmental services worker at Keck Hospital of USC, tightens the mask of her mother, Sara Saravia, 81, before Sara receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles. “Patience is going to be required, because we just don’t have enough doses,” L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Tuesday. “Californians were understandably confused by mixed messages, variability of …

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1 in 3 L.A. County residents have been infected by coronavirus since pandemic began, new estimate shows
3 years, 11 months ago

1 in 3 L.A. County residents have been infected by coronavirus since pandemic began, new estimate shows

LA Times  

Motorists line up to take a coronavirus test in the parking lot at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 4. Even if half of L.A. County’s population were immune, “and yet we decide to just pretend that we don’t have to take precautions, we will still have a very, very devastating pandemic.” L.A. County averaged more than 15,000 new coronavirus cases a …

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California becomes the first state to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases
4 years ago

California becomes the first state to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases

LA Times  

California has now recorded more than 2 million coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, according to a county-by-county tally conducted by The Times, the first state in the nation to reach that alarming milestone and another marker of the wrenching toll the virus is inflicting. “Many of these people will not live to see 2021.” Ghaly forecast that …

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Who will get the first COVID vaccines? California and other states race to decide
4 years, 1 month ago

Who will get the first COVID vaccines? California and other states race to decide

LA Times  

California and other states are finalizing plans to get the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to front-line healthcare workers, such as these at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook. “If we don’t have a fair allocation of vaccines, that could undermine the whole campaign in a way that would do lasting damage.” State health officials voice cautious optimism …

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Wearing masks could cut California coronavirus spread in half, top health official says
4 years, 4 months ago

Wearing masks could cut California coronavirus spread in half, top health official says

LA Times  

Obie Figueroa, owner of Obie’s Barbershop & Shave in Riverside, cuts San Dimas resident Matt Nelson’s hair Tuesday. Widespread mask wearing could cut coronavirus transmission in half, a top California health official said, as many policymakers aggressively push the importance of face coverings to help get the state’s worsening COVID-19 cases under control. Along with other often-touted practices like regular …

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