Back to the Future (with COVID) - Part 2

We noted in a recent post that the COVID situation in LA County seems to be worsening and that it is likely tighter mandates will be imposed. UCLA generally follows LA County's rules. However, in principle, UCLA is already imposing such rules as masking indoors and vaccinations. So, we'll have to see if anything further is imposed.

However, other campuses are tightening their rules. From the LA Times:

The University of California Irvine... will require all students and staff to wear masks while inside campus buildings, following the lead of other colleges that have chosen to strengthen safety measures in recent weeks as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. UCI’s universal masking policy will apply to everyone on campus regardless of vaccination status , according to a statement from the university. The decision was announced after Orange County on Friday moved into the “high” level of community transmission set by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines .

Other University of California campuses including UC Riverside temporarily restored indoor mask policies earlier in the summer that have since expired. UCLA temporarily reinstated its indoor mask policy in late June and later extended the requirement until further notice. UCLA has also reinstated daily symptom monitoring for students and staff. Weekly COVID-19 testing is strongly recommended...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-17/uc-irvine-and-other-schools-reinstate-indoor-mask-mandates-amid-rising-covid-19-wave.

Above is the latest LA County data chart for hospitalizations. (It might be noted that a significant fraction of hospitalizations are now coming from people who entered the hospital for non-COVID ailments but were tested and found to be COVID-positive.

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*https://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/07/back-to-future-with-covid.html.