Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorAbout 11 days ago, California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced what he called “simpler, more stringent” guidelines for counties to reopen.
It was certainly more stringent, placing 87 percent of the state’s population in the most restrictive tier. The requirements for moving off that tier were also much more difficult.
But for some, the system is not proving simpler.Case rates and test positivity rates were announced to be the metrics that would determine movement within the tiers, rather than the complicated formula California had previously employed.NEW: California is launching a Blueprint for a Safer Economy.It’s simple.Your county will be assigned a color based on:– Case rate– Positivity rateYour color.
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