pete: return of the mask. residents and business owners outraged as los angeles county considers bringing back, yes, you heard it, bringing back indoor mask mandates again. we are in act number 417 of this penultimate covid drama. we re going to go through the same act over and over again this performative theater and we know there s a myriad of studies showing from the new york times to science journals that the masking really has little to no effect on covid, especially these new strains pete: the county s public health director says if cases reach the cdc s high transmission and hospitalization category, masking will once again be required. this despite the agency admitting earlier this yeanews l
degree are going to pay the price for their vicious lockdowns that deprive kids of going to school and when they go doo go school. especially toddlers wearing masks. well, that didn t happen. they all kept their jobs. and guess what? and i m sure it s coming to new york, too. masks could be coming back that is if the positivity rate goes to a certain threshold in los angeles. ainsley: los angeles county right now the threshold is a medium. but if it gets to high there is going to be a mask mandate. might bring back the indoor mask mandate if the county reaches the cdc s high transmission and hospitalization category. pete: here is barbara fairer, the l.a. public health director talking about this. it s both hospital indicators, the new covid-19 admissions and the proportion of staff inpatient beds occupied by covid patients surpasses the threshold for high and our case rate is at or above 200 in cases per 100,000 people, l.a. county will follow the cdc guidance for
these variant curves see somewhere between four and six to eight weeks. you re a couple of weeks in and seeing this ramp-up of numbers so you re only halfway through the forest maybe at this point. we will stay on it. we are always a platform to put information out. you let us know what you need. god bless you down there. thank you, chris. appreciate it. all right, be well. all right, so should the fully vaccinated mask up? you re in louisiana. yeah. 10% of the cases are in the hospitalization category are vaccinated people. so how worried should we be about breakthrough cases? you ve got questions. the good doctor, sanjay gupta, has the answers. is he as surprised by that 10% number as i was? a better mind, next. oh, son of a poppyseed! ah, there s no place like panera. enjoy the cool, refreshing strawberry poppyseed salad. panera. order on the app today.