LA County will be shutting down “gatherings…except religious services and protests” starting Monday for three weeks to try and curb rising Covid cases in America’s most populous county.
As the number of new coronavirus cases continued to rise in Los Angeles County, health officials Friday issued a temporary and limited stay-at-home order that will take effect Monday.
The restrictions, which will last for three weeks, are not as severe as those imposed this spring.
“Residents are advised to stay home as much as possible and always wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when they are outside their household and around others,” the county public health department said.
The order prohibits all public and private gatherings with individuals not in the same household, except for religious services and protests.
It imposes new occupancy limits on businesses, such as personal care and retail, but does not close them. Beaches, trails and parks will remain open, but gatherings at those sites with non-household members are banned
The new rules come just two days after restaurants in much of L.A. County were ordered to suspend outdoor dining. The decision sparked a backlash from restaurant owners and some elected officials, who called the rules too punishing for the already struggling industry.
Officials had warned new restrictions were coming.
The five-day average of new cases hit 4,751 Friday, crossing the threshold the county had set for imposition of a modified-stay-at-home order.
An exception for protests. Fascinating. I wonder if that will stick around.
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Don’t give orders you KNOW won’t be obeyed.Report
Interesting they went opposite of NY and didn’t close down religious services.Report
That should “flatten the curve.”Report
Just define a shared meal as a “religious service” and, whammo, you’re in the clear!
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See, that’s why the US needs Concordats to determine what’s a religion and what’s merely a sect.
[he said half joking, half suppressing a maniacal laugh]Report
The article explains one of the distinctions being made:
There you go. Clear as day.Report
Well that should go swimmingly.Report
It’s weird that this keeps happening.
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Reminds me of the people who declared that they weren’t having a wedding, they were having a George Floyd Protest and very conveniently all the people who showed up to protest were their friends and family and they brought snacks for everyone to share and from an excess of social-justice feeling spontaneously decided to affirm their love for one another right then and there. (And the photographer was there to get evidence of police brutality, had there been any.)Report
They’re going to do this shit with the Green New Deal.
“We’re going to have to have an Environmental Lock Down!”
“How come you still have a Ford 450 modified with Rolling Coal?”
“This isn’t about me. That’s a privately owned vehicle. Don’t you *CARE* about the children of the future? I thought you right-wingers were pro-life!”Report
It keeps happening. Somehow.
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If leadership isn’t taking it seriously, it sends a lot of messages about how seriously the citizenry at large needs to take this sort of thing.
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From the Simpsons:
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The things that keep happening…
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