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LA Hospital Officials Dismiss COVID-19 ‘Media Hype’ as Mask Mandate Looms
epoch times ^ | 17 July A.D. 2022 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 07/17/2022 2:34:33 PM PDT by lightman

wo officials at one of the largest hospital systems in Los Angeles and Southern California dismissed government officials’ statements about another wave of COVID-19 hitting the region and the United States as “media hype.”

Los Angeles County health director Barbara Ferrer last week said that her county is now seeing a “high” level of COVID-19 transmission, suggesting that indoor mask mandates might be reimposed.

But in a recent news conference on July 13, Brad Spellberg, the chief medical officer of Los Angeles County and University of Southern California Medical Center, and epidemiologist Paul Holtom, said that there have been no changes in the transmission levels of COVID-19.

“It’s just the same. It’s not changed. It’s been the same. It’s like…two months of the same,” Spellberg said.

“The numbers at [the hospital system’s] COVID-positive tests have continued to go up, but this isn’t because we’re seeing a ton of people with symptomatic disease being admitted … we’re seeing a lot of people with mild disease in urgent care and [emergency department] who go home and do not get admitted,” he said.

“Of those who are admitted, they’re 90 percent of the time not admitted due to COVID. Only 10 percent of our COVID-positive admissions are admitted due to COVID. Virtually none of them go to the ICU, and when they do go to the ICU, it is not for pneumonia. They are not intubated.”

Regarding whether there is a high number of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU, he added that the hospital officials “haven’t seen one of those since February. It’s been months.”

“It is just not the same pandemic that it was, despite all the media hype to the contrary… I mean … a lot of people have bad colds is what we’re seeing,” Spellberg added.

Holtom, meanwhile, stated that “we’re just seeing nobody with severe” symptoms of COVID-19.

“As of this morning, we have no one in the hospital who had pulmonary disease due to COVID. Nobody in the hospital … Nobody. Nobody who had COVID-19 disease as we would see it in the past. So I guess it is hard to get a little more excited,” he continued.

On July 14, Ferrer said that LA County will likely reimpose a mask mandate on July 29.

“As of today, we have moved from the medium to the ‘high’ COVID community level,” she said at a briefing. “If the county remains in the CDC-designated High level for two consecutive weeks, we will again impose a universal mandatory indoor mask-wearing mandate.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; branchcovidians; california; control; covid1984; covidstooges; gavinnewsom; losangeles; mandates; mask; masks; midtermvariant; obamacare; sanfrancisco; vaccinemandates
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Midterm variant...ramp up VBM.
1 posted on 07/17/2022 2:34:33 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Maybe they’ll lock down everyone in LA County like jail rats, shut down the schools and drive people out of business again.


2 posted on 07/17/2022 2:36:37 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: lightman

Gavin! DO IT!! Faggot! Your destiny calls!


3 posted on 07/17/2022 2:43:11 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: lightman

Got covid early last month. One semi-rough day, didn’t even go to the doctor until I had to chase a secondary infection with a Z-Pac. Meh.


4 posted on 07/17/2022 2:48:46 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: lightman

They are planning on ramping up the cheating 5 fold. It is the only way they survive.


5 posted on 07/17/2022 2:50:05 PM PDT by Revel
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To: lightman

You know, this is what the Communists get degrees for.

Oh they won’t tell you, but it’s to live a lifetime in the
government sector screwing up everyone else’s life for top
dollar and benefit jobs.

All this proves, is that we need a lot less perts.

When they’re experts, it’s already too late.


6 posted on 07/17/2022 2:56:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: lightman
"Los Angeles County health director Barbara Ferrer"

Well now, it's been a while since we heard from Skeletor. Right on cue, Midterm hysteria.


7 posted on 07/17/2022 2:56:46 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: DAC21

Wow.

Has LA been overrun by vampires?


8 posted on 07/17/2022 3:04:55 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: DAC21

OMG! That is most unhealthy creature I’ve seen in a long time.

Someone get her a sammich and a pool side lounger for some sun!

The political scamdemic continues. Just say NO to all Marxist democrats. Tell them to eat cake. The radioactive kind.


9 posted on 07/17/2022 3:11:58 PM PDT by Boomer ( George Orwell: “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”)
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To: lightman

When will it end?


10 posted on 07/17/2022 3:15:29 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: DAC21

I dont believe Ive ever seen something like that in an upright position.


11 posted on 07/17/2022 3:17:00 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hive minded liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives elect servants.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

https://youtu.be/xPJzhocW7vw


12 posted on 07/17/2022 3:17:21 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: DAC21

She lives in the People’s Republic of California.

She should go the beach and get some sunshine, for God’s sake!


13 posted on 07/17/2022 3:17:56 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (My body, my choice....but not when it comes down to unconstitutional "vaccine" mandates.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

The Communists control almost every facet of society.

Implementing the 2A strategy is the ONLY way we save America.


14 posted on 07/17/2022 3:18:28 PM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: DAC21

Well, I’d say she has the classic wan and pale vegetarian hippie look, except too much of a perm.


15 posted on 07/17/2022 3:20:17 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: DAC21

Dr Ferrer, L.A. County Health Director, got her PhD. in Social Welfare.


16 posted on 07/17/2022 3:32:23 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

“Oh, we were lying. Shut up and wear the ****ed mask!”

https://freerepublic.com/tag/gavinnewsom/index

Best keyword idea I’ve seen in ages:

https://freerepublic.com/tag/branchcovidians/index


17 posted on 07/17/2022 3:43:53 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: DAC21

It looks like we’re ready for the start of the zombie apocalypse movie.

Does (s)he hide from daylight?


18 posted on 07/17/2022 3:58:41 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Boomer

You drag her out in the sun, she will start to go beserk. Best to run a stake through her heart, then drag her outside.


19 posted on 07/17/2022 4:01:20 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: DAC21

She could give credence to an alien presence is her photo is truly representative.


20 posted on 07/17/2022 4:03:04 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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