{"id":44302,"date":"2022-01-31T12:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=44302"},"modified":"2022-01-31T12:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:46:52","slug":"barger-releases-statement-seeking-re-evaluation-of-covid-19-masking-policy-in-la-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=44302","title":{"rendered":"Barger Releases Statement Seeking Re-Evaluation of COVID-19 Masking Policy in LA County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_4870456115111994484gd_p\" align=\"left\">Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has released the following statement regarding L.A. County&#8217;s COVID-19 masking policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_4870456115111994484gd_p\" align=\"left\">&#8220;<em>Masking rules set by the state and county weren\u2019t followed consistently by everyone at yesterday\u2019s NFC Championship. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Instead, we saw individuals choosing to mask up based on calculated personal risk. Modern stadiums like SoFi Stadium have strong air circulation and all attendees of the game were required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test. Some fans evidently felt this was enough to protect them against COVID-19.<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>I strongly believe individuals should be allowed to make an informed choice about whether to mask up or not. I hope state and local health leaders take this into consideration and re-evaluate indoor and school masking mandates now. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><em>Let\u2019s do away with blanket COVID-19 masking policies \u2013 they don\u2019t make a difference when they\u2019re not consistently followed or enforced. We need to trust the public to make the best personal decisions for themselves based on their unique risks and circumstances.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44303,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44302\/revisions\/44303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}