To the editor: Every time I hear someone say that the COVID-19 disaster in California is proof that mask mandates and stay-home orders don’t work, it makes me furious. (“How the ‘California miracle’ dissolved into a winter coronavirus nightmare,” Jan. 22)
As I took my usual evening drive down the main street in my upscale community recently, I saw people sitting shoulder to shoulder both outside and inside restaurants. I saw people on the street, many without masks. It has only gotten worse since summer and through the holidays.
Don’t say restrictive measures do not work. We haven’t even tried complying with them.