Nationally, many health experts have called on the federal government to change its guidance that the vaccinated don’t need to wear masks again indoors.īut talk of vaccine passports has all but vanished in the months since vaccinations became widely available and infection rates began to plummet as a result. It's time we do something uncomfortable: make vaccination mandatory-at schools, gyms, hospitals, workplaces, etc. This is alarming: CA's new COVID surge would have put many counties back into the most restrictive tier under our reopening blueprint. We’re at the mercy of the numbers and the data.” But we’re also very careful with the cleaning, sanitizing. “Since masks have come off, we’ve had no cases, no issues with it,” Miller said of her salon. Patrons packed inside those popular Danville institutions this week with few of the face masks that local health officials now say everyone should don indoors. “It’s been the talk in the salon last week, so we’re just watching and waiting and seeing how it plays out,” said Annie Miller, 36, the owner of Salon 77 West in Danville, who is no stranger to a life under lockdown.Ī peek inside places such as Salon 77 West or Crumbs Breakfast, Lunch & Bar would scarcely betray that COVID-19 is seriously on the march again in Contra Costa County. Nobody wants a return to our pandemic past - especially when it comes to the color purple.īut with the Delta variant steadily driving up COVID-19 rates across California, there is growing concern just a month after the state shed its color-coded restrictions on businesses, schools and social gatherings.Īnd now, a Bay Area News Group analysis earlier this week of how rising COVID-19 rates would have vaulted a dozen counties - including Los Angeles, Alameda and Contra Costa - into the state’s now-extinct but most-restrictive purple tier is reigniting the debate: Is it time for public health officials to take action?
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