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Bay Area masking up again as mandates go into effect Nov. 1 in health care settings
mercurynews ^ | 10/31/2023 | HARRIET BLAIR ROWAN

Posted on 11/01/2023 7:57:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

As you put away those zombie masks and Halloween decorations, it might be a good time to pull out that box of surgical or KN95 face masks again as respiratory virus season gets underway, especially if you are headed to the doctor’s office soon.

In Santa Clara County, everyone — patients, caregivers and healthcare providers — will be required to wear face masks in public patient care areas in hospitals, clinics, and long term care facilities for the “winter respiratory virus period,” starting Nov. 1 and lasting five months through the end of March.

Alameda, San Mateo, Contra Costa, and Sonoma counties will require health care workers to mask up in patient care areas starting Wednesday, after local public health officials passed mandates earlier this fall requiring seasonal masking rules.

(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: bayarea; california; covid; healthcare; mandates; masking; masks
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Harriet seems excited about it...
1 posted on 11/01/2023 7:57:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All those truly great unwashef voters oinhabiting yheir beloved streets.

Compare shotd of the city from Dirty Jarry films till now ...


2 posted on 11/01/2023 8:00:14 AM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: ChicagoConservative27

CVS has that up at their minute clinic, but the workers are not (so far) enforcing it. (Phoenix)


3 posted on 11/01/2023 8:01:01 AM PDT by mykroar (what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how. - J0eStalin)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Mask and vax harder, retards.


4 posted on 11/01/2023 8:01:43 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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5 posted on 11/01/2023 8:02:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can I still drop a deuce on the sidewalk?
Can I still boot heroin in public?
Can I still steal <$900 without being arrested?
Okay…


6 posted on 11/01/2023 8:03:07 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Starting November 1st and lasting five months! The soothsayer speaketh. Or maybe they are just geniuses that know today is the day masks will work and that somehow they will no longer need them at the end of March. That’s science in 2023.


7 posted on 11/01/2023 8:07:10 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Rebuild the Temple.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Despite repeated documentation that masking at best inhibits ones breathing. Maybe some enterprising individual should make some masks with the infamous words printed on it “I CAINT BREEVE!”. Fidiots!

🔬🤔😳🐑🚫😷💉💊🐂💨💩! 🚫🔓!

🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍


8 posted on 11/01/2023 8:13:49 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

UNBELIEVABLE.

Newsome runs CA like a concentration camp.

Trump needs to stop admiring Newsome and start calling him out for his Chairman Xi-like dictatorship. Trump should also stop publically admiring bloody Chairman Xi as well.

I love Trump because he loves America but what is this Leftist misguided love of power and dictatorship that Trump seems to have?

Go Trump but stop the b#ll sh#t.


9 posted on 11/01/2023 8:17:52 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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“winter respiratory virus period,”

So, they’re not even pretending it’s due to “The Deadliest Virus in Human History!!!!” any more?

We’re just going to have mask mandates for flu season from now on?


10 posted on 11/01/2023 8:18:30 AM PDT by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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KN95s...

The KN95s that aren’t authorized for use in US healthcare settings...?

Those KN95s..?

SNORT.


11 posted on 11/01/2023 8:20:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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And the same facemasks that come in boxes that warn they aren’t for use in healthcare settings...?

SNORT.


12 posted on 11/01/2023 8:23:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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…it might be a good time to pull out that box of surgical or KN95 face masks again…

Again? I never did. I don’t own a mask. Except for a “Scream” mask from a few Halloweens ago.

Masks are dirty and gross. Even if you put one on clean, it collects all kinds of bacteria within about 20 minutes.

We weren’t made to breathe in our own exhaust.

13 posted on 11/01/2023 8:24:08 AM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Jim W N

He needs to spend time going after democrats instead of Republicans for a change


14 posted on 11/01/2023 8:33:09 AM PDT by digger48
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Can’t wait to see how that goes...


15 posted on 11/01/2023 8:41:35 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Successful People Have a Sense of Gratitude. Unsuccessful People Have a Sense of Entitlement)
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It is not so much respiratory virus season as it is election season. Masks in WA have been enjoying a come back since June. A friend of mine was concerned about a memory issue and the neurologist refused to see her because she was not vaccinated.


16 posted on 11/01/2023 8:48:23 AM PDT by Eva (…)
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17 posted on 11/01/2023 9:12:36 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Masks, boosters, lockdowns.

Safe and effective. Stops COVID in its tracks.

Wait a minute...


18 posted on 11/01/2023 9:13:10 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Masking is a sickness.


19 posted on 11/01/2023 9:24:12 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: digger48

This is the primary season and his main opposition for the Presidency are Republicans, so yeah, it’s his job to go after them, especially the really bad ones.

Common, I am not a “Trump basher” but I have some reasonable and understandable issues with Trump. So what? Nobody’s perfect.

Trump is the man of the hour. I think he’s got 2024, DEMONocRAT fraud attempts notwithstanding.

My concern is planning for 2028 and Trump picking a VP who will probably be the frontrunner in 2028. His VP needs to someone who will go after the Left like Trump but ALSO work to reinstate the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land, dismantle the gargantuan unconstitutional portion of the feds, and restore constitutional state sovereignty, decentralized government, and individual freedom.

IOW, someone who will MAGA by restoring America’s Free Constitutional Republic!!!


20 posted on 11/01/2023 9:24:18 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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