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Wendy Ibarra has her temperature checked before receiving her second vaccination dose, next to a sign promoting free amusement park tickets for those receiving their first dose, at a vaccination clinic in South Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA New coronavirus cases continued to skyrocket across Los Angeles County Thursday, driven, in part, by the spread of the contagious Delta variant. Los Angeles County reported more than 800 new cases, more than double what it was a week ago.
Largely because of the trend in Los Angeles, the state is seeing climbing coronavirus cases for the first time in months. Gov. Gavin Newsom called it a wake-up call to the unvaccinated Wednesday because they account for more than 99 percent of coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County. At the same time, new research sheds light on how the Delta variant evades the immune system.
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For fully vaccinated people with the Delta variant, “the big unknown is: Can you become infected have mild illness and go ahead and spread that infection to others?” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “We are looking for the answer to that question.”
Without an answer, and given that weekly coronavirus cases in L.A. County have suddenly doubled and COVID-19 hospitalizations have jumped by more than 30%, the L.A. County Department of Public Health last week recommended that even fully vaccinated people resume wearing masks in indoor public areas until more definitive information about the Delta variant emerged.
Los Angeles teachers union reaches agreement to fully reopen schools
The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), which nominally represents more than 30,000 teachers in the country’s second largest school district, has approved a side letter tentative agreement (TA) with the district for the summer session and upcoming school year. Under the terms of the agreement, the district’s 1,000 schools, serving over 600,000 students, opened on June 23 for daily in-person instruction with only three-foot distancing between desks.
Without any discussion, the school board approved the agreement only one day before schools reopened. A dangerous precedent has been set by the UTLA which will be followed by districts throughout the West Coast.
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