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HD, quit sending them. I was out and about today. I counted 5 people driving cars, wearing masks, with no passengers. They had to be from Cali. I hoped this type of stupid was over.

The sky is falling again!

Be askeered, so we can control you!

Delta1 is right. Infections are up 14567% and hospitalization is up 28562%. Most have died already. Bodies are being dumped in the San Andres Fault and we’re building high density housing over the top.

"Heavy burden" to choose a mask when you want or need to wear one? That's bull chit.

I was at a massive hospital radiology facility this week and there were terribly ill people (like cancer, pneumonia, etc.) sitting there. Some idiot/****** comes in and checks in at the front desk, but argues with the hospital facility requirement that he could not be required to wear a mask while there, at the very least for those who were already there and could be immunocompromised.

He started arguing further that the governor said he doesn't have to wear a mask (even for a short-time in that setting). They told him "no mask, no procedure", that it was a hospital requirement and he would have to leave, but there were plenty of other radiology facilities in town where he could go instead.

After all his obnoxiously loud arguing with the young receptionist, he simply put a mask on. That's "such a burden" under the circumstances?

Hardly "pitiful" given the circumstances, IMO.

Already got it. Unfortunately due to its high level of effectiveness, CAL-OSHA just changed their workplace rules.



SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a move criticized by business groups and hailed by labor advocates, California's workplace regulators on Thursday extended the state's coronavirus pandemic regulations into next year with revisions that employers said could worsen the state's severe labor shortage.

Vaccinated and unvaccinated employees in the most populous U.S. state will be treated the same under the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board's revised rules.

Both will be prohibited from the workplace if they come in close contact with someone infected with the virus under the rules that take effect from Jan. 14 and are set to last for three months.

The new rules mark a reversal from the state's current coronavirus workplace regulation. The current rules allow vaccinated employees to keep working at workplaces even if they’ve been exposed, unless they show symptoms — under the assumption that the vaccine generally will protect them.

The revised temporary rules require that exposed workers who are vaccinated but asymptomatic stay home for 14 days even if they test negative or return to work but wear masks and stay 6 feet (1.8 meters) from others for two weeks.

The seven-member safety board is the policy-making arm of what is known as Cal/OSHA. It adopted the revised rules without discussion on a 6-1 vote.

Business groups argued the new rules will be particularly onerous for small businesses including restaurants and retailers.

“Treating vaccinated and unvaccinated people similarly really denies the scientific value of the vaccine and disincentivizes vaccination,” said Rob Moutrie, a policy advocate for the California Chamber of Commerce.

But groups representing California workers supported the changes. Mitch Steiger, a legislative advocate for the California Labor Federation, said regulators last summer were foolish to loosen COVID-19 workplace restrictions put in place earlier during the pandemic.

“It’s good that we’re realizing that vaccines aren’t the silver bullet to get us out of this,” Steiger said. “There’s never a good time to start disarming against COVID-19.”

The safety board’s adoption of the revised rules came a day after California reinstituted requiring vaccinated and unvaccinated people to wear masks indoors in a bid to slow the spread of the virus, including the omicron variant, as families and friends gather for the holidays and new coronavirus cases increase.

If I was out and about from Chateau Le HockeyDad it would take me less than five minutes to see 5 people driving cars alone and wearing masks. I still see plenty of people wearing two masks. I’m surprised we have not mandated that.

We have the visor variant here. It sits on visors in cars and then jumps on unsuspecting drivers.

All the other states support this plan, don't Kalifornicate us!

I thought Californians were migrating to TX. Must've built the Lone Star wall

I wear the appropriate authorized face covering as dictated by my various governing authorities. (We call then face coverings, not masks). I also present my Covid-19 vaccination proof as dictated by my various governing authorities.

I am taking it under consideration to enforce a vaccine requirement to enter my home during the holiday season as recommended by Doctor Fauci.