Whiplash: CA County Imposes COVID Mask Mandate Just Days After Newsom Signed 'No Masks for ICE' Law
California has long been known for its counter-culture, its zaniness, its "otherness." But in recent decades, that reputation has grown sinister; it’s no longer about The Beach Boys, surfing culture, “Beverly Hills Cop,” or even The Eagles. For the last 15 years or so, give or take, it’s become more about hard-core left-wing politics, societal decline, socialism, and during the COVID years, even totalitarianism as the power structure in the Golden State enacted the most freedom-stripping measures of virtually any state.
Now, unsurprisingly, the state’s brain trust seems to be in some sort of schizophrenic blender, because even as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning law enforcement from wearing masks, a wine country county is demanding that you slap on your N95 again.
A county in California wine country is beefing up its vaccine recommendations and instituting a mask mandate, citing "greater risk" of contracting COVID-19 amid the start of the annual flu season.
The Sonoma County Department of Public Health's Interim Health Officer Dr. Karen Smith issued an order Monday requiring anyone entering certain healthcare facilities in the county to wear a mask. Facilities subject to the order include skilled nursing facilities, portions of long-term care facilities where nursing care is provided, acute and non-acute rehabilitation facilities, infusion centers, and dialysis centers, according to the order.
You can almost feel the slow mission creep in your bones. Let’s take a look at some more of their plans (emphasis mine):
The mask mandate will run from Nov. 1 until March 31, 2026, and the order states that Smith can expand the type of facilities subject to it on an as-needed basis. [We’ve seen this game before in California.] Additionally, the requirement will be put in place annually unless otherwise rescinded.
"Annually unless otherwise rescinded." Oh really? Don't you get the feeling that was part of the plan all along—and they’ll be trying to expand requirements for as long as possible as soon as they see an opportunity? Masks equal virtue, don’t you see.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment