As the winter Omicron surge fades, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health revised the mask compliance obligations for the post-surge period, while a new state bill granting schools access to kids’ COVID-19 immunization records was introduced on Feb. 4.
Los Angeles County reported 15,427 new COVID-19 cases and 85 new deaths on February 4th. For the seven days leading up to Feb. 3, the daily average number of hospitalizations fell to 3,233, the lowest level in several weeks.
In the last seven days, the average number of daily new cases reported has been around 15,600, down from 28,000 the week before. The daily average level of positivity has likewise dropped to 8%.
However, the number of new deaths has remained constant, with dozens of individuals dying every day as a result of the CCP virus.
Barbara Ferrer, the director of the Department of Public Health, stated during a press conference on Thursday that once hospitalizations drop below 2,500 for seven days in a row, Los Angeles may be deemed post-surge.
Residents can go outside without wearing masks after the surge, including at outdoor events and outdoor spaces like schools and childcare institutions. Most indoor situations, including as offices, public transportation, and healthcare facilities, will still require masks.
“Mask wearing is a very effective strategy for reducing COVID-19 transmission. Thus, as we move through the short term, masking will continue to be a key part of the post-surge COVID-19 strategy, ” Ferrer stated.
Los Angeles is one of the most populated cities in the United States. As the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 continues to decline, some citizens are calling for the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for indoor venues to be repealed. The Los Angeles City Clerk accepted a petition for circulation on February 3rd. The petition requests the city council to remove the need that people present proof of vaccination before attending specific interior spaces like restaurants and gyms, as well as outdoor mega-events.
According to the city clerk’s office, the petition requires around 65,000 signatures, or 15% of registered Los Angeles voters, to become effective.
According to public health organizations in Orange and San Diego counties, the Omicron variant has been on the decline for the past week.
On February 4, the Health Care Agency of Orange County reported 2,795 new cases, 746 existing hospitalizations, and 12 new deaths. According to the county’s Health and Human Services Agency, 3,736 new infections were reported, with 1,014 current hospitalizations and 29 new fatalities.
Despite the general decline in cases, democratic Assemblywoman Akilah Weber and San Diego school district officials unveiled a new measure on Feb. 4 that would enable school districts access to the state’s immunization registry to identify who has been vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination data for diseases like measles and mumps are already available to schools, but not for COVID-19.
Furthermore, the bill mandates vaccination providers to enter immunization data into an immunization registry, which has previously been voluntary and never required by law.
“This makes it very easy for the school districts, it makes it easy for the families. So we know who is out there, who has their immunization, who needs their immunization,” Weber explained.
Weber’s measure was introduced as San Diego Unified School District is fighting a lawsuit over its vaccine mandate.
Let Them Choose, the parent advocacy group, filed the lawsuit in October 2021, claiming that only the state, not the school board, has the authority to add a vaccine to the list of required vaccinations for on-campus learning, and that the district does not allow for personal belief exemptions as required by state law.
On Dec. 20, 2021, San Diego Superior Court Judge John Meyer tentatively ruled in favor of the parent advocacy group, and the school system appealed the decision the next day, requesting that the issue be heard by an appellate court.
“Weber’s bill is just kind of another example of the state really getting ahead of themselves and being too sure of themselves and overreaching,” Sharon McKeeman of Let Them Choose told CBS8.
If the bill is passed, it will go into effect the next school year.
Senator Richard Pan is a supporter of the bill, which was presented last week and makes COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for students attending K-12 schools in person.
This is what it looks like in the belly of the beast (LA), we have to assume that thousands of Americans with the correct political preferences are stuck in this hell hole taking care of loved ones, or are too poverty stricken to make their way out of this place. The decision for Los Angeles Unified School District to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations is a political power play by these tyrants. Because these children and their parents aren’t protected by religious exemption.
The left seeks to dismantle the closely held beliefs of true freedom loving Americans. 1 Peter 4:12-14 says: “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.” Stay inquisitive in the word of God, and the world around you.
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