Will California declare monkeypox state of emergency?
Posted on AllSides July 29th, 2022
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ANALYSIS
As one of California’s public health emergencies appears to be subsiding, another is emerging.
Los Angeles County public health officers, who had been poised to take the controversial step of reinstating a universal indoor mask mandate as soon as today, announced Thursday they would not proceed with that plan due to improving coronavirus infection numbers and stabilizing hospitalization rates. (The BART board of directors, however, voted Thursday to reinstate the Bay Area public transit agency’s mask mandate through Oct. 1.)
