Posted on 11/17/2020 10:52:51 AM PST by lightman
Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine said she is expanding the state’s order on wearing masks to cover all outdoor and indoor areas.
In a news conference Tuesday, Levine said the mask order covers requires wearing face coverings at schools, gyms, doctors offices, public transportation and anywhere food is packaged or served. Essentially, the order calls for wearing masks when leaving your household.
“We must all be diligent in wearing masks all the time,” Levine said.
Levine announced the expanded mask order as part of a handful of “targeted” and “strategic” steps to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus, as the state sees more infections and hospitalizations.
Citing dire projections by the White House coronavirus task force, Levine said she’s urging hospital officials to prepare for a surge in patients. Levine said hospitals should consider rescheduling elective surgeries if they can be delayed and prepare to reduce those procedures.
As more COVID-19 patients require treatment in hospitals, Levine cited projections that show Pennsylvania hospitals could run out of intensive care unit beds in December. She urged hospitals and health care systems to draw up plans now to help each other if some facilities are filled to capacity.
So far, hospitals and health care systems are doing well even as cases have risen in recent weeks. Levine stopped short of ordering hospitals to halt elective surgeries, as the state did in the spring. She said some health care systems in the Philadelphia region and northeastern Pennsylvania are seeking more challenges.
In addition, Levine said she’s issued an order calling for those visiting Pennsylvania from other states to have a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of entering the state or to self-quarantine for 14 days. Levine said that order doesn’t apply to those who routinely cross state lines for work, although she recommends people work from home as much as possible.
The health department has recorded a sharp rise in cases in recent weeks. Across Pennsylvania, 59 of the state’s 67 counties now have substantial spread of the coronavirus, Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Monday.
On Tuesday, the state reported 5,900 new coronavirus cases, marking a one-day high. But the state has broken its record for daily cases with regularity in November.
More people are being treated in hospitals for the coronavirus. The health department reports 2,575 COVID-19 patients are in hospitals, a number that has more than doubled over the past two weeks. It’s still below the peak of 3,000 in the spring but health officials have said they are concerned about the rise in hospitalizations. Levine said Tuesday she expects the number of hospitalizations to rise.
State officials note the rate of positive tests has risen to 9.6%, up from 6.9% the previous week. Health officials stress the rise in cases isn’t simply a result of more people being tested; a higher percentage of people are testing positive for COVID-19.
Some areas haven’t waited for state officials to take more aggressive action. Philadelphia city officials announced a host of measures Monday, including barring indoor restaurant dining and indoor gatherings. Montgomery County schools have ordered schools to shift to remote learning for a two-week period.
Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have announced broader statewide measures in recent days.
In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy limited indoor gatherings to 10 people, down from 25, and outdoor events to 150, down from the previous limit of 500. New Jersey restaurants are ordered to close at 10 p.m. Last week, New York also enacted a statewide 10 p.m. curfew for bars, restaurants and gyms, although it allows curbside pickup and delivery of non-alcohol orders after 10 p.m.
IOW, trump rallies in PA are now and for the forseeable near term future illegal...(?)
According to the daily stats that FReeper doughtyone publishes every evening PA is 44th out of 50 in terms of cases per million...that’s almost at the bottom!
The health secretary of PA is a man who likes to pretend he’s a lady. And the governor is complicit in his make believe. So just keep that in mind when considering anything he says that should be based on science and reason.
She was a he before whacking its willy off. Now, she is just an it.
If only a Dem Party golden halo could be placed over his head.
Dancing as fast as he can to merit a position in the “Biden Adm,” while simultaneously taking deep cover in a covid-pact with NY Cuomo and NJ’s what’s his name.
They are trying to take attention away from the stolen election. They will not get away with it.
We are coming for you commie filth.
They are trying to take attention away from the stolen election. They will not get away with it.
Agree...and, imo, trying to keep us from GATHERING, ANYWHERE, with like minded people....so we can’t discuss their tyranny, attempt to steal an election, etc., and any other planning we may have, to go against all of the above.
Yea right f-— YOU tranny sicko. I’m not wearing a mask in the gym.
“She is a he.”
Ray Levine
The PA health secretary can go fornicate himself.
Since they saved his body parts after the trans surgery, this is easily done.
Kinda like a dildo that been stored in formaldehyde and kept in the bathroom...ugh.
Did you ever see such an ugly creature?
This lowlife was an ugly man, but as a trans, fag, queer with fake tits, he/she/it is one of the ugliest things on the planet.
Imagine being pushed around by tranny pervert.
redundant, I know!
Only 332 hospitalizations in Philly county due to Covid. That’s the highest in the state. Only 4 counties in state in triple digits.
https://www.definitivehc.com/resources/covid-19-capacity-predictor
I must again repeat the thing I’ve been repeating for days:
My guess is what’s going on with these new edicts that sound exactly like the old edicts in March is the Democrats heard all that cynical talk along the lines of, “Oh, sure. You watch. After the election, all this crap will stop,” and they feel like they have to keep the FEAR going awhile longer as a result to make things look on the up-and-up.
That’s been my question for several weeks now. Who is it that goes to the hospital? I think someone on this forum was telling me that ‘they’ are a nurse but couldn’t provide a breakdown of those being hospitalized i.e. old, young, fat, skinny, race, etc. Just who is going to the hospital and why? sorry /rant
Re Why the Panic:
To take the conversation off of the obvious election fraud and scare sheeple back into compliance.
It’s been part of their plan since day one.
An interesting study that will not be publicized by the Healthdictators.
Anyone who intentionally cuts off their penis is not to be listened to. Levine is mentally ill, lacks all moral character, is incapable of rational though and is corrupt. Levine deserves to be ostracized from society and placed into a mental institution. In the interim, Levine needs to STFU.
When I leave my front door I will not be wearing a mask. Period. Resistance starts there.
Unless you’re working in the COVID-19 unit, you wouldn’t
necessarily know what the make-up of the patients were.
I would have to be people with known co-morbidities that
had an elevated threat.
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