For the second day in a row, California Gov. Newsom was asked on Tuesday if the state’s mask mandate is returning. At first, Newsom sidestepped, as he had Monday with, “We’ll see.
At the end of the day, the epidemiology on the variants will make that determination.” Newsom also said that July numbers show the Delta variant present in over 60% of the state’s Covid tests genomically sequenced.
Nationally, it’s 83%.Then the governor went on to say if more people got vaccinated masks wouldn’t be necessary. “The message is,” he stressed, “get vaccinated…this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”Pressed again if there is a Covid-19 data point that would push the state to implement restrictions, Newsom said, “We’re not looking at physical distancing
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