LA Hospital Officials Dismiss COVID-19 ‘Media Hype’ as Mask Mandate Looms

LA Hospital Officials Dismiss COVID-19 ‘Media Hype’ as Mask Mandate Looms
Students and parents arrive masked for the first day of the school year at Grant Elementary School in Los Angeles on Aug. 16, 2021. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Two officials at one of the largest hospital systems in Los Angeles and Southern California dismissed government officials’ statements about another wave of COVID-19 hitting the region and the United States as “media hype.”

Los Angeles County health director Barbara Ferrer last week said that her county is now seeing a “high” level of COVID-19 transmission, suggesting that indoor mask mandates might be reimposed.

Jack Phillips
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