increase in the covid case rate since thanksgiving primarily in counties with low vaccination rates. the mandate will require everyone to mask up indoors regardless of vaccination status and if you are attending a mega event with 1,000 people or more, you will have to show a vaccine card or a negative code test within one day. healthcare and human services secretary mark gally says the enforcement strategy will basically be the honor system. los angeles county already had an active indoor mask mandate. and the state of new york is now requiring all people either show proof of vaccination or wear a mask in all indoor public spaces. governor kathy hochul announced the sweeping measure on friday it goes into effect today. new york city not complying with the new mask mandate comes with $1,000 fine. and overseas at least one person has died from the omicron variant in the united kingdom. prime minister boris johnson publicly announced the first death in great britain from the strain no. de
it was really my choice. reporter: he said it s really a me choice. and his younger sister, 57-year-old alayna said she pretty much does what her big brother does. the family was here. he had an underlying condition of diabetes, and that s why they wanted to do it to protect them as a family. encouraging to see young kids knowing what they want to do for their health and the health of their families as well. so many of them excited to get the shot. stephanie elam in los angeles, thank you. we understand there are a lot of questions that parents have about this vaccine for young children. here to answer some of them is dr. mark gally, the secretary of california s health and human services agency. doctor, good to have you. you know, we have obviously seen that there are some parents who are excited.
yeah, i mean, i think what was interesting to me about the letter with the 200 signatures is that they really took issue with how mark gally had characterized them, but they didn t really there wasn t a whole lot in there that explained why that characterization was inaccurate to me. i mean, one thing that they talked about was having sort of christ like grace for a sinner, and i think that that argument would hold a whole lot more weight had they had that grace for bill clinton, fror example, or if trump hadn t said publicly there s nothing i have to ask forforgiveness for. great arnsticle. merry christmas, everyone should read the article in rolling stone. thanks so much. up next, can you tell the difference between an authentic vaping cartridge and a fake one? most people can t, and it s a growing problem. we re going to break down what