San Francisco Health Officials Urge Masking
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The push for masking is back.
San Francisco health officials are urging residents to wear a mask in some indoor places.
They wrote in a tweet, “Make this summer a healthy one for yourself and others. With COVID-19 circulating, please consider wearing a well-fitted mask in crowded indoor spaces.”
San Fransico Chronicle: reported:
San Francisco health officials are urging residents to consider wearing masks in some places amid a summer COVID-19 wave that continues to gain strength.
On social media Friday, the city’s Department of Public Health advised, “Make this summer a healthy one for yourself and others. With COVID-19 circulating, please consider wearing a well-fitted mask in crowded indoor spaces.”
It has been more than a year since a major health organization recommended masking for those not at elevated risk other than in health care settings. Most mask requirements were lifted more than three years ago, and it’s highly unlikely mandates will be reintroduced for the general public.
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According to CDC data, California is among the few states with “very high” wastewater levels of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, corroborated by the Chronicle’s tracker showing high levels at most Bay Area sewage treatment plants — including both such facilities in San Francisco.
