“We will not reach the 80% threshold by the beginning of the year,” said Los Angeles County Health Director Barbara Ferrer today about the county’s vaccination progress.
She then noted, “This is one of the 4 measures we must meet to lift restrictions.” Translation: L.A.’s indoor public masking and vaccination requirements will be in place until at least the start of 2022.Ferrer’s appraisal comes just one day after Governor Gavin Newsom extended California’s Covid-related state of emergency through March 2022, by which time it will have been in effect over two years.
It also comes one day after the AMPTP and Hollywood’s unions extended the agreement covering Covid-19 safety protocols through January 15, 2022.
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