One day after Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and were called out for posing for maskless photos inside SoFi Stadium, a Los Angeles County Supervisor today called for state and local health officials to reevaluate Covid mask mandates, saying it should be up to the individual to decide when to wear one.“Let’s do away with blanket Covid masking policies — they don’t make a difference when they’re not consistently followed or enforced.
We need to trust the public to make the best personal decisions for themselves based on their unique risks and circumstances,” Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement.In a Twitter post, Barger pointed to Sunday’s NFC Championship game at SoFi Stadium, noting there was inconsistent adherence to the mask-wearing requirement.“Not a lot of #COVID19 mask wearing @ yesterday’s #NFCChampionshipGame.
Vaccines/negative test results were required & strong air circulation was in place. Some fans felt this was enough protection.
I believe we need to trust the public to make personal masking decisions. Thoughts?”Barger appended a poll below her tweet, the results of which were running 93% in favor of changing the rules and roughly 7% against.Not a lot of #COVID19 mask wearing @ yesterday's #NFCChampionshipGame.
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