Posted on 06/02/2021 3:36:18 PM PDT by Vendome
The Golden State's workforce safety board will meet Thursday to decide whether the state should hold onto coronavirus restrictions for workers past the June 15 reopening date.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health last week proposed that employers keep mask requirements until early next year and social distancing requirements until late summer, a departure from Gov. Gavin Newsom's guidance.
Under the proposal, masks would be required for those working indoors if anyone in the room was not fully vaccinated — or if vaccination status was ambiguous. This likely means that employees working in retail, restaurants or grocery stores would also have to wear a mask.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
atch asked: "Californians working indoors among those who are unvaccinated — or where the inoculation status of employees is unknown — may have to keep wearing masks until early next year. Do you think this is a good idea?"
54.9 percent answered "no." 42 percent said "yes." Just 3.1 percent were unsure.
Under Cal/OSHA's proposal, employers would need to supply N95 masks for those who are not fully vaccinated and for those working alongside them indoors. When asked whether they thought that was necessary: 55.1 percent said "no," 38.4 percent answered "yes," and 6.5 percent said they were unsure.
Patch also asked readers to share any additional thoughts on the issue. Here are some responses. "Everyone who wants to be vaccinated has the opportunity. If someone chooses to skip the vaccine, it is their own fault if they get COVID. The rest of us should not have to pay the consequences of someone else's choice by continuing with restrictions, and businesses should not have to foot the bill by providing masks or enduring the costs of tracking vaccinated v. unvaccinated." "Safety should be priority 1. The economy should not come first. We can come back but we can't raise the dead." "Everyone has a chance to get vaccinated. I do not want to wear a mask - I am fully vaccinated - just because SOMEONE ELSE can't bother to get vaccinated." "The lack of freedom in this state is a total disgrace" "This is awful!!! Just open the state and let those who are unvaccinated figure it out." "I work in a grocery store. I am vaccinated. NO MORE MASKS!!!" "Guidance and support is needed for employers who have some staff refusing to get vaccinated. We have direct client contact and feel that we should be able to mandate vaccinations for all staff but need to be reassured that we can legally do this." "In workspaces where ventilation is really bad, there are not windows or any type of ventilation - THE MASK RULE should continue. I think the city should go to businesses and see how well ventilation is." "If you’re vaccinated why should you care about others’ vaccine status? If you haven’t been vaccinated by now you’ve made that choice." "I believe employers should have the right to require workers to be vaccinated." "Though 50% of Californians are vaccinated, that's an average. There are counties and neighborhoods with far lower compliance. That is my reason for thinking CA is rushing by fully re-opening." "Just wish the Federal, state, county and OSHA would be in sync so businesses are not confused on the correct process to follow." The new rules proposed by Cal/OSHA would "create policies and procedures for two classes of people: vaccinated and nonvaccinated," Helen Cleary, director of the Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable, a coalition of large businesses, told The Associated Press.
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CALIFORNIA — The Golden State's workforce safety board will meet Thursday to decide whether the state should hold onto coronavirus restrictions for workers past the June 15 reopening date.
a person standing in front of a fruit stand: A worker wears a mask while setting up a fruit display amid the COVID-19 pandemic in May at the Farmers' Market in Los Angeles.© Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo A worker wears a mask while setting up a fruit display amid the COVID-19 pandemic in May at the Farmers' Market in Los Angeles. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health last week proposed that employers keep mask requirements until early next year and social distancing requirements until late summer, a departure from Gov. Gavin Newsom's guidance.
Under the proposal, masks would be required for those working indoors if anyone in the room was not fully vaccinated — or if vaccination status was ambiguous. This likely means that employees working in retail, restaurants or grocery stores would also have to wear a mask.
Patch asked readers to share their thoughts in a survey. The survey — which drew more than 7,338 responses — was not a scientific poll and was meant to offer only a broad idea of public sentiment.
Patch asked: "Californians working indoors among those who are unvaccinated — or where the inoculation status of employees is unknown — may have to keep wearing masks until early next year. Do you think this is a good idea?"
54.9 percent answered "no." 42 percent said "yes." Just 3.1 percent were unsure. Under Cal/OSHA's proposal, employers would need to supply N95 masks for those who are not fully vaccinated and for those working alongside them indoors. When asked whether they thought that was necessary: 55.1 percent said "no," 38.4 percent answered "yes," and 6.5 percent said they were unsure.
Under Cal/OSHA's proposal, employees indoors or at outdoor large-scale events, with 10,000 people or more, would have to continue physical distancing or wear an N95 respirator until July 31. Some 55.6 percent of respondents said this was unnecessary; 39.3 percent answered "yes," it is necessary. Some 5 percent were not sure.
If California decides to extend its mask requirement for indoor workers, it may also require employers to track vaccination status.
We asked readers: Do you think this is necessary? 50.1 percent said "no." 44.2 percent answered "yes." 5.7 percent said they were unsure. The state is nevertheless poised to open as cases plummeted dramatically several months ago and remained low in stark contrast to the state's winter coronavirus surge. The state's positivity rate was also 0.8 percent as of Tuesday — a new low.
Just over 51 percent of Californians were fully vaccinated as of Wednesday.
Considering this number, we asked readers: Do you think the state should still reopen fully on June 15? A resounding 61 percent answered "yes." 28 percent said "no." 10.2 percent said they were unsure. Cal/OSHA's draft would enforce tighter rules on California's workforce, and it strays from Newsom's plan to do away with masking and social distancing in mid-June.
We asked readers: Do you think that there should be tougher policies in place to protect California's workers from COVID-19? 55.4 percent said "no." 35.3 percent answered "yes." 9.3 percent said they weren't sure. Patch also asked readers to share any additional thoughts on the issue. Here are some responses. "Everyone who wants to be vaccinated has the opportunity. If someone chooses to skip the vaccine, it is their own fault if they get COVID. The rest of us should not have to pay the consequences of someone else's choice by continuing with restrictions, and businesses should not have to foot the bill by providing masks or enduring the costs of tracking vaccinated v. unvaccinated." "Safety should be priority 1. The economy should not come first. We can come back but we can't raise the dead." "Everyone has a chance to get vaccinated. I do not want to wear a mask - I am fully vaccinated - just because SOMEONE ELSE can't bother to get vaccinated." "The lack of freedom in this state is a total disgrace" "This is awful!!! Just open the state and let those who are unvaccinated figure it out." "I work in a grocery store. I am vaccinated. NO MORE MASKS!!!" "Guidance and support is needed for employers who have some staff refusing to get vaccinated. We have direct client contact and feel that we should be able to mandate vaccinations for all staff but need to be reassured that we can legally do this." "In workspaces where ventilation is really bad, there are not windows or any type of ventilation - THE MASK RULE should continue. I think the city should go to businesses and see how well ventilation is." "If you’re vaccinated why should you care about others’ vaccine status? If you haven’t been vaccinated by now you’ve made that choice." "I believe employers should have the right to require workers to be vaccinated." "Though 50% of Californians are vaccinated, that's an average. There are counties and neighborhoods with far lower compliance. That is my reason for thinking CA is rushing by fully re-opening." "Just wish the Federal, state, county and OSHA would be in sync so businesses are not confused on the correct process to follow." The new rules proposed by Cal/OSHA would "create policies and procedures for two classes of people: vaccinated and nonvaccinated," Helen Cleary, director of the Phylmar Regulatory Roundtable, a coalition of large businesses, told The Associated Press.
The recommendation differs from guidance by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It advised on May 13 that fully vaccinated people may forgo masks indoors.
"All workers, vaccinated or not, deserve protection in the workplace and the tools to exercise their rights," Stephen Knight, of the Bay Area-based worker advocacy group WorkSafe, told The Mercury News. "The language seems better calibrated to actual workplace conditions than the broad-brush relaxation recently proposed by the federal CDC."
Good Grief
So, call me KuhRayZee but, now they are insisting on an actual standard for a mask in the form of an N95?
GTFOH
They are selling their new apartheid as “Everyone deserves safety in the workplace”.
Klowns
They don’t call CA the land of fruits and nuts for nothing.
Now I understand why my parents and grandparents would say they were glad to be not long in this world.
If anyone gives me any trouble about it, I'm going to say this to whoever comments: "I know COVID is over, but you could be carrying something other than COVID."
Well, that should drop about 5 more House seats from CA & increase UHaul 1-way rentals.
Many of us have been counting the days until the mask requirement goes away on June 15. But once again, they’re moving the goal posts.
And put my teeth in
Fauci tells an Obama thuggette that mass are not effective protection against CV19.
Fauci Privately Advised Obama Staffers To NOT Wear Masks: ‘Not Effective’.
JUNE 1, 2021NATALIE WINTERS:
https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/fauci-advised-obama-staffers-not-to-wear-masks/
“Homey Don’t Play Dat!”
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California
In the Rearview mirror.
Thank you public schools.
At my former job (am retired now), they were handing out those cheap non-N95 masks at every entrance.
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Who are these 42 percent saying yes to masks?
Ugly Karens’
So... go maskless anyhow.
I just got back from Vegas. The new policy there is....no masks if you’re vaccinated, which essentially means no masks. It was so nice! I was there 4 days and never put one on.
N95 masks are expensive. They are very restrictive to breathing for many people. Especially if they have to wear them very long.
When are people going to stand up for themselves?
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