Ferrer: LA County Not Ready to Lift Indoor Mask Mandate Feb. 15

As Los Angeles County will not follow the state’s guideline to lift the mask mandate for vaccinated individuals next week, the county’s Department of Public Health outlined the criteria to drop masks in the coming weeks, if not months.  On Feb. 7, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks indoors starting Feb. 15 as the direct result of the rapid decline of Omicron. Newsom said the COVID-19 cases reported statewide had decre...