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Mask rules in the Bay Area: Has anything actually changed?
July 16, 2021
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Jeanette Archie of Sacramento (left) and Lyndale Garner of Sacramento wear masks as they chat while riding the the San Francisco-bound ferry boat from Vallejo on Tuesday, July 6.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle
Though health officials in seven Bay Area counties urged vaccinated residents to wear masks indoors as a precautionary measure against the highly infectious delta coronavirus variant, not much has officially changed.
Across the Bay Area, masking rules are officially the same as they were since California reopened on June 15, though individual stores, workplaces and other entities may have been setting their own stricter regulations in response to the variant.
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Fourth grade students at Garfield Elementary School in Oakland in April.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A student at Garfield Elementary School in Oakland on Tuesday, March 30, 2021Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
California’s new COVID-19 health rules for K-12 schools differ from CDC guidance in one key way: The state will require masks indoors for all students and adults who are sharing spaces with students, whereas the CDC recommends mask-wearing only for students and staff who are not yet vaccinated.