Posted on 09/03/2025 10:10:37 AM PDT by DFG
A COVID wave is washing over California, with the state seeing continued increases in the number of newly confirmed cases and hospitalizations as some officials urged the public to take greater precautions.
The extent of the recent increases has prompted some county-level health officials to recommend that residents once again consider wearing masks in indoor public settings, at least until transmission has declined.
California currently has "high" coronavirus levels in sewage, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And increases are being seen across the Golden State, from Los Angeles County to the San Francisco Bay Area to areas around the state capital.
The CDC estimates that coronavirus infections are either "growing" or "likely growing" in 30 states, including California. Twenty-one states have either “very high” or "high" viral levels in wastewater. Of all regions of the U.S., the West has the highest levels of coronavirus in wastewater, followed by the South
"California is experiencing a summer COVID wave," said Dr. Aimee Sisson, the health officer in Yolo County, just west of Sacramento.
The rate at which coronavirus lab tests are coming back positive also continues to climb. For the week that ended Aug. 23, 12.07% of tests across the state came back positive, up from a rate of 6.03% for the week that ended July 26.
Similar leaps in rates were seen in L.A. County, where the positive test rate was 13.44%, up from 8.11% four weeks earlier; in Orange County, it was 18.1%, up from 9.4%; and in San Francisco, it was 8.7%, up from 7.1%.
Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, the regional chief of infectious diseases at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, said she received many calls related to outpatient cases of COVID-19 while on call over the Labor Day weekend.
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Love that! 😆
They’ve tried it a few times and haven’t had much success. I guess I’ll give them points for tenacity. 😏
Now, hey you, mister, can’t you read?
You’ve got to have a mask and jab to get a seat
You can’t even watch, no you can’t eat
You ain’t supposed to be here
The sign said you got to have a vaccination card to get inside...Ugh!
Masks are not automatically a bad idea. If you have the virus, you should self-quarantine or wear a proper mask if you have to go out. The rest of us shouldn’t have to wear masks. Those who are high risk (immune-compromised, elderly, respiratory problems) should consider masks if they have to be in close quarters out in public. That’s how it’s supposed to work, not how they had everyone in masks, sick or not.
except for ICE agents which they demand stay unmasked!
LMAO
No it wasn’t, lol. I still remember the burn trails down my cheeks. I only had to go once in 4 years. Thank the rain gods.
trying to stop a virus with a cloth mask is about as effective as trying to stop a stream of water with a chain link fence.
Yes, there will be some water on the fence afterwards, but that has no bearing on the fact that the vast majority got through.
I cleared out a whole library once, lol.
I salute you, fellow flautist. My best work is always under the covers.
Yeah, my girlfriend almost broke up with me over that.
exactly
and masks are unhealthy
Masks are also for commies.
May I ask, which historic Gold Rush site?
Wildfire devastates historic California gold mining town, homes burn in blaze caused by lightning
Thank-you.
I hope these wildfires are contained.
The Gold Country is one of my favorite areas of California.
I've only been to California once, and that was with a friend who lived in Arizona at the time. She had booked a 5 day cruise to the Mexican Rivera and asked me if I'd like to come along. I'd never gone on a cruise before, and she said it was only 5 days, and it should be enough time for me to make up my mind about any future cruises. I flew to Arizona, and she drove us to San Diego, where the ship left from, so that was the only area we visited before the cruise left. Turns out I'm not the cruise type, and if I'd had my choice, my first cruise would have been someplace other than Mexico. Too old and dilapidated now to do any traveling other than visit family a couple of hours away. Glad I did get to do what I did while I could still do it.
Photo....
Those flimsy masks are passe.
New version mandated by Newsom.
1966 masks worn by Raquel Welch....
safe AND effective
They got the new NPC memo.
That’s how you know it is even more deadly!
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