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Some counties in California’s Bay Area counties are reimplementing mask mandates in hopes of preventing the spread of what officials describe as a “tripledemic.”
According to ABC 7, several other counties — including Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Sonoma — are following a modified mask requirement, forcing workers rather than patients to mask up in health care facilities. Dr. Karen Smith, Sonoma County’s Interim Health Officer, seemingly attributed the modified mask rule excluding patients to “the incredible pushback on mask mandates.”
“Analysis from CDC’s Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics shows that with the addition of a third virus that can cause severe disease, even an average respiratory season can place significant strain on our healthcare system,” the update warned, noting that these viruses tend to “circulate more heavily in the community” in the fall and winter. The federal health agency explained that it measures a season’s severity, in part, on how many individuals are hospitalized for the viruses.
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