Orange County to lift mask requirement and reopen gyms, schools and bars

[Initech]

Source: KTLA-5

Days after his predecessor abruptly quit, Orange County’s new interim health officer said Thursday that he will lift a requirement for residents to wear face coverings in public and instead recommend they do so to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

The move comes three days after Dr. Nichole Quick resigned as the county’s health officer following threats she received at a meeting and on social media over her order for people to wear masks in public when near others. Irate residents blasted the requirement, and the sheriff for the county of 3.2 million people said he wouldn’t enforce it.

Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the county’s health care agency, said he decided on the change after taking a closer look at the state’s virus monitoring criteria as he assumed the health officer role Tuesday.

“We want to be more consistent with the state,” he said, adding that California recommends but doesn’t require the coverings in all public settings. “This does not diminish the importance of face coverings.”

Chau previously said he didn’t want to change the mask order as numerous businesses, including gyms and day camps, prepared to reopen Friday and that he would reevaluate the issue in a few weeks.

Read more: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/o-c-expected-to-lift-face-covering-requirement-after-health-officer-quits-due-to-threats-over-mask-order/

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[C Moon]

1. Don't miss Orange County one bit.

[Initech]

2. Yeah I really need to find a new place to live.

There's lots of MAGAs and Fox bots where I live.

[sandensea]

9. I do.

Loved the place; didn't care for (some of) the people.

[BuddhaGirl]

20. Grew up in Huntington Beach, I really don't

miss it, except I do miss the warm beaches. I now live in the Bay Area and I love it.

Seeing all the recent "reopen" protests just filled me with disgust. And now this new order about masks is completely idiotic. SMDH

[C Moon]

24. HB's mayor fought Newsom tooth and nail about keeping the beaches open.

I've never seen a photo of HB with the majority of a crowd wearing masks.

[BootinUp]

3. Shit. i work with those people

[SunSeeker]

4. OC Republicans still butthurt over the county turning blue in 2018 have gone nuts.

We just lost our county health chief. Knuckledragging Republicans followed Trump's example and bullied her, even came to her home and threatened her. The new director relaxed her rules, dropped the mask mandate, etc. He didn't give a shit. We are now going to be a Covid-19 hotspot in a month, watch.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/104023207

[Initech]

13. Yeah I know, I live here.

Crap there's so many MAGAs here with giant trucks and Trump bumper stickers that we might as well be rural Alabama.

[TeamPooka]

5. Health orders by mob rule will work out just fine.

[BadgerMom]

6. This and the reopening of Disneyland...

OC stupidity on parade. I’ll stay away, thanks.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. Shaking my head.

"Doing a Fauci" too. --->

[TristanIsolde]

8. The next wave, if it happens , is going to be nuts

[Initech]

15. The second wave is going to be a tsunami.

And I'm already predicting that we'll spend the fall back on lockdown.

[sdfernando]

17. During the 1918 flu pandemic the 2nd wave was worse than the 1st.

we are living the same damned thing over again 100 years later. WE DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY!

[Initech]

18. I've been saying since the pandemic began that history is repeating itself.

Hopefully the third wave next year is barely a ripple.

[Blues Heron]

10. Orange County Snowflakes pitched a tantrum

Orange County Snowflakes pitched a tantrum
next stop the coroner and the crematorium
some say they're dumb as rocks
others say dumb as posts
virus don't care, it loves it's new hosts


just a bit of morning doggerel- it's all I got these days

[BuddhaGirl]

21. Ha! Good one

[Blues Heron]

23. Thanks BuddhaGirl!

[Ford_Prefect]

11. So according to OC residents New Zealand didn't happen? In Orange Co. laws of physics don't apply?

I forget, how close to Las Vegas are they? This is what happens when a 5-year-old child is acting as if he were the President.

[Initech]

14. Vegas is a 4 hour drive from where I live.

And we're also the home of Huntington Beach where that crazy MAGA reopen protest happened a few weeks ago. I really need to find a new place to live.

[Ford_Prefect]

16. Sounds like a place ripe for urban renewal, no?

[soothsayer]

12. Ugh.

I can’t.

[marie999]

19. So the health department knows that they should be wearing masks,

but says you don't have to wear one if you don't want to.

[xxqqqzme]

22. Rethug County

Supervisors assume roles of Health officials. Numbers are currently on the rise here so they really picked the worse possible time to broadcast their ignorance.

[pstokely]

26. aren't those positions elected in low turnout off year elections?

when only old repukes show up, maybe this will kill the last of them?

[live love laugh]

25. Well on a positive note many can afford their inevitable hospitalizations so there's that ,,,, nt

[Evergreen Emerald]

27. They should be required to waive medical assistance.

If they are refusing to protect themselves and others from Covid they should not be taking up hospital space or medical care. Save it for those who are practicing social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands.

[Initech]

28. I've been car shopping lately.

I went to a Toyota dealer and I was wearing masks and gloves but the first two people I talked to did not. Thankfully the third guy I saw did. But still it was a very troubling site.

[Evergreen Emerald]

29. It is troubling.

I just shake my head at the shortsighted selfishness of refusing to protect themselves and the community.

[pstokely]

31. complain to Toyota corporate

Last edited Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:31 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.toyota.com/support/contact-us

[roamer65]

30. Captain Trumps.

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