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LA County Confirms Easing of Indoor Mask-Wearing Requirement as of Feb. 25

by SFVS Staff February 23, 2022February 23, 2022

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) – In a major policy shift, Los Angeles County will ease its indoor mask mandate to allow people vaccinated against COVID-19 to remove face coverings indoors at establishments that verify patrons’ vaccination status, health officials confirmed Wednesday, Feb. 23.

The change will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, according to the county Department of Public Health.

The new health order, however, will put the onus on businesses to ensure that all customers permitted indoors are either fully vaccinated or can provide proof of a recent negative COVID test. Even after that verification, only fully vaccinated customers will be permitted to remove masks indoors. Unvaccinated customers must continue wearing masks indoors, even after showing proof of a negative COVID test, unless they are actively eating or drinking.

The same basic rules will apply to workers at indoor establishments.

“While there are powerful tools that impede virus transmission, none are perfect, which is why we often need to use a variety of safety measures to reduce transmission,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement.”When transmission is very high, we need to create the most complete shield we can, so that’s why it’s important that we layer in all the protections at hand.

“As transmission drops and there is less virus circulating, some tools may afford significant protections against the very worst risks associated with COVID. Because vaccines are one of these tools, with lower rates of hospital admissions and COVID hospitalizations, it is appropriate in settings verifying vaccination or negative test status, that we transition to strongly recommending masking instead of requiring masking,” Ferrer said.

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The change follows rising pressure from two members of the county Board of Supervisors for a loosening of the mask mandate to more closely align with the state, which completely dropped its indoor mask mandate last week. Los Angeles County, however, kept its mandate in place, setting parameters for ending the requirement that likely will not be met until the end of March.

Supervisor Kathryn Barger initially pushed for the county to align with the state, saying the contradictory requirements were leading to apathy and lax compliance among residents. Supervisor Janice Hahn joined Barger in that call last week, pointing to the recent Super Bowl in Inglewood as an example of people willfully ignoring the county’s masking guidelines.

Hahn broke the news on Twitter Tuesday that the county planned to ease the indoor mask mandate for businesses that verify vaccination status.

“This puts us significantly closer to aligning with the state,” she wrote.

Barger hailed the announcement, writing that she was “glad to hear” of the pending change.

“I’ve been calling for this all along,” she said. “This is another step toward living (with) COVID-19 in a balanced way. But piecemeal  policies are frustrating and confusing.”

The county lifted its outdoor mask mandate for large event venues, schools and child-care centers last week. Masks will continue to be required indoors at schools under a state requirement that is expected to be re-evaluated at the end of February.

The county’s indoor mask mandate will remain in effect at businesses that do not verify customers’ vaccination status. That mandate will not be lifted until:

— the county’s level of COVID transmission falls to the “moderate” level as defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and remains there for two weeks; OR

— COVID vaccines have been available to residents under age 5 for at least eight weeks; AND

— no emerging COVID “variants of concern” have been identified that could spark another surge in cases.

According to Ferrer, reaching the CDC’s “moderate” level of transmission requires the county to have a seven-day cumulative infection rate of less than 50 per 100,000 residents. As of Wednesday, the county’s rate was 133 per 100,000 residents.

Ferrer noted that the county’s rate has been steadily declining, and at the current pace, the county would reach the “moderate” designation by March 16, meaning the indoor mask mandate would be completely lifted by March 30.

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