L.A. County has cut back on COVID-19 contact tracing as supercontagious BA.5 surges
"I just don’t see that we’re going to contact trace our way out of this," (Andrew Noymer)
Los Angeles County holds off on reinstating indoor mask mandate as Covid-19 cases fall
"If you bring down a mandate and then nobody does it, your mandate becomes a joke. What does that mean for you going forward?" (Andrew Noymer)
How can we cope with collective trauma?
"Many people are reporting that they have just reached their limit. They can’t listen to the news anymore." (Roxane Cohen Silver)
Mask Mandates Return to Some California Universities
"Masking is a polarizing issue, but generally speaking people at UC Irvine get that our goal is to keep people as safe as possible." (David Souleles)
Friction surfaces in LA over potential return to masking
"If people don’t want to follow her advice, that’s on them. I just don’t know why she’s being crucified. It’s really more like a strong suggestion. Like, don’t jaywalk." (Andrew Noymer)
Long Beach monkeypox cases rise to 9, health officials say
"We need more testing. Massive amounts of testing." (Andrew Noymer)
People Exposed To Repeated Hurricanes Has Been Linked To Increased Mental Problems, Research Says
"The researchers' findings suggested that a potential mental health crisis is associated with those who directly experienced the storm or knew someone who did, as well as those who spent several hours engaged with media about the hurricane, according to Dana Rose Garfin, UCI assistant adjunct professor of nursing and public health." (Dana Garfin)
BA.5 COVID Symptoms Doctors Are Seeing The Most Right Now
"Loss of taste and smell was a very common symptom that was reported in earlier variants of COVID-19," (David Souleles)
Orange County’s Mask Mandate is Probably Not Coming Back Just Yet
"People keep saying it's not as deadly anymore," (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County COVID-19 numbers keep rising
"We've seen far worse than this, but it just keeps going up every Tuesday and Friday in the data dump," (Andrew Noymer)
