06-02-2022, 09:42 PM
Alameda County is instituting a mask mandate for public indoor spaces starting tomorrow. Hospitalizations in the county have gone from essentially 0 to 100 in the last 6 weeks.
The thing is, masking in this county never really went away. In my neighborhood grocery store 90% still mask. At Home Depot, about 80% mask. There are a few places I've noticed less. It's just considered common courtesy to mask in public here. I'm not sure how well this is going to blunt the hospitalizations. Schools will NOT require masks, although only private and charter schools are still in session here. And restaurants are still functioning. I suspect a lot of transmission there. I still never go to restaurants. People visit each other more freely now. And most daycare centers are back in business. Plenty of places to spread the virus.
The thing is, masking in this county never really went away. In my neighborhood grocery store 90% still mask. At Home Depot, about 80% mask. There are a few places I've noticed less. It's just considered common courtesy to mask in public here. I'm not sure how well this is going to blunt the hospitalizations. Schools will NOT require masks, although only private and charter schools are still in session here. And restaurants are still functioning. I suspect a lot of transmission there. I still never go to restaurants. People visit each other more freely now. And most daycare centers are back in business. Plenty of places to spread the virus.