lowered some of the tensions. trace: chinese protesters claim apple restricted its airdropped feature inside the country, something they relied on for sharing information during the 2019 protest. in los angeles, covid cases, flu cases in other cases are on the rise in the course alley county is now strongly recommending a return to masking indoors. how long before recommendation turns into a mandate. with us now, whom on hammadi. the last time we did this, l.a. county was inflating numbers in hospitals and they got busted. we haven t seen that yet but you know something like that is coming because they loved put put people in masks. the messaging from l.a. county public health department has changed, it used to say prevent covid, wear a mask and now they re messaging online, these new graphics say prevent common cold, rsv, flu, and covid.