More doctors double down on double masking
We ve always been told two is better one and now more doctors are supporting double masking.
Research shows wearing two masks can offer more protection than one. Author: Heather Hope (Reporter) Updated: 5:17 PM PST January 30, 2021
SAN DIEGO More doctors are doubling down on double masking. Dr. Michael G. Schmidt, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at the Medical University of South Carolina says more is better, any barrier that you can put in place between you and the virus will protect you.”
Our nation’s top medical officials are also saying two are better than one.
In normal years, Cal State University San Marcos sets a Nov. 30 priority deadline for most freshman applications. This year, with recruiters unable to visit high schools during the pandemic, that deadline is now Jan. 31 for nearly all majors at the campus in northern San Diego County.
Admissions offices across California are taking similar steps. Campuses are worried that some high school seniors need extra time to submit their applications because they lack face-to-face contact with guidance counselors, and their families are struggling with health and money problems. Some students have delayed applying because they don’t trust that universities will return to in-person classes next fall.
Updated on December 28, 2020 at 2:34 pm
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We re just a few pages away from closing the book on 2020, but this year s story is merely a chapter in the centuries-long fight for social justice in America.
Ardent demonstrations in the streets, from the biggest metropolitans to suburbs like La Mesa, California, mostly in response to Black men and women killed or otherwise disserved by police, amplified the voices of movers and shakers in our communities and opened wide the eyes and ears of the privileged many who downplayed or outright ignored the country s division along racial lines.
It s been decades since the width of our country s division has been more apparent, and NBC 7 dedicated a website section Voices for Justice to national and local stories that shed light, uplift, but most of all, paint the real picture.
Updated: 7:45 AM PST December 26, 2020
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, California San Diego County public health officials reported 3,006 new COVID-19 infections Friday the 25th consecutive day with more than 1,000 cases.
There were also 20 deaths reported from the virus.
Friday was the 18th day with more than 2,000 new cases. The six highest daily case counts have all occurred in the past week.
Another 27 people also were hospitalized, according to Friday s data, and another 10 were sent to intensive care units.
The county s cumulative cases increased to 136,961 and the death toll to 1,402.
Nine new community outbreaks were previously confirmed on Wednesday, four in business settings, two in hotel/resort/spa settings, one in a health care setting, one in a government setting and one in a restaurant/bar setting. There have been 45 confirmed outbreaks over the past seven days.