Mask requirements for public transit and airplanes will remain in effect through at least May 3, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.
The nationwide mandate had been set to end April 18, but federal public health officials said they would extend the expiration date by roughly two weeks to allow more time for the study of the omicron subvariant BA.2.
“CDC will continue to monitor COVID-19 levels, in our communities, nationally, and abroad to provide the most up-to-date guidance to keep travelers safe and healthy,” the CDC said in a statement.
The BA.2 variant of omicron now makes up more than 85 percent of COVID cases in the U.S., growing roughly 80 percent faster than the original omicron variant that drove the winter surge.
In a statement on the subvariant released in February, officials with the World Health Organization said that while BA.2 may be more transmissible than the main omicron variant, the gap between the two is not as wide as the difference in virulence between omicron and the delta variant.
“Further, although BA.2 sequences are increasing in proportion relative to other Omicron sublineages, there is still a reported decline in overall cases globally,” the WHO said.
Research is ongoing regarding how potent the subvariant is or the risk of reinfection it may present.
The subvariant has been detected in multiple Bay Area counties, including Santa Clara and Contra Costa.
Get vaxed and boosted! Wear your mask everywhere you go. Stop the spread and listen to the Health Experts. And always remember to wear your seatbelt.
Except at the open border, Covid doesn’t exist there.
Lol. Way to spread info NOT supported by science. Getting vaxxed and boosted does NOT stop the spread. Support science! Don’t listen to Trauma!
DramaRX
Multiple studies show Florida did way better without mask or closing businesses. The vaccine only works if you believe in it 🤣🤣 obama and pelosi are grateful for getting the shot or their COVID would have been way worse. 🤣🤣🤣 This is all fake.
Yes, listen to the “Health Experts”.
According to a study by Johns Hopkins Researchers in 2016 of medical errors in the U.S. They found that an average of 250,000 people die in the U.S. because of medical mistakes each year.
This means that medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. behind only heart disease and cancer.
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine conducted a study of medical negligence, finding that an estimated 98,000 people died each year.
At the end of the day, it is your life not the “Health Experts”. Trust but Verify. Be an informed consumer. Do your own research.
Everyone needs to do what they believe is in their best interests, whatever that is. Do not blindly follow the Pied Piper of Hamelin who says follow the Health Experts.
Oh we need to pressure the District Attorneys in the US to prosecute Health Experts for Involuntary Manslaughter when their oopsies lead to someone’s death.
Just ‘two weeks’ … I have heard that before!
1000% this…
99.7%
I was told the other day that being unvaccinated is dangerous to vaccinated people.
If that were true, why are most people catching the virus vaccinated than unvaccinated?
The lies never stop.
Most people are going to get infected, and most people are vaccinated. Ergo, most people who get infected will be vaccinated.
Unfortunately Cellophane is correct that the lies never stop. However Cellophane believes the lies and not the facts.
This story that vaccinated people are more likely to get infected is actually circulating on the anti vax community based on miss interpretation of the actual data.
https://tinyurl.com/yeyktrma
The important information based on the Danish study is actually that unvaccinated individuals are about four times more likely to get infected by the virus
JWB… AND unvaxxed are more likely to be out and living their lives while the vaxx sit at home. So, they are “exposed” more often. So, there’s that too.
CDC is a private for profit business that has no authority to create laws or any other form of governance.
Actually, the CDC is an agency within the Federal Department of Health and Human Services.
It’s actually a 501C3 non profit that’s in a public-private partnership with the government. It is not a government agency. It’s a business that works with the government. It’s a vaccine company. Sorry you are 100% wrong. I would provide evidence but I already have and you clearly has internet access
Furthermore, congress creates laws. Not the ATF or the CDC or the president or the city council or lunatics on twitter.
All laws repugnant to the constitution are null and void.
Nope…The CDC is an agency and the “CDC Foundation” is a non-profit Established by Congress as an independent, nonprofit organization, the CDC Foundation is the sole entity authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission.
Snopes is not a credible resource for anything.
Reference my previous post for information on who creates laws.
Ha ha ha
“Reference my previous post for information”
Which one? The one at 4:32 PM saying “CDC is a private for profit business” or the one at 8:23 PM saying “It’s actually a 501C3 non profit”?
Oh never mind they are actually all unhinged fact free rants as usual
Non-profit corporations are for profit. Both are true. Don’t be dumb.
So much BS they don’t know there a— from a hole in the ground.Sick and tired of the lies.
What on God’s green earth has happened to a large percentage of the American public? Why are people so stupid as to believe that a cloth mask, such as many people are wearing, is going to stop the transmission of any virus?
This madness will never end because there is a faction of people who love to control others and another faction who apparently loves to be controlled. Sad all the way around.
Dear CDC, your mom has been detected in multiple Bay Area counties, including Santa Clara and Contra Costa.
More science.
YAY
#NOMASKMONDAYS
It has to start somewhere …
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Who cares what variant exist at this point, 2 weeks to flatten the curve on a virus that has better than a 98% survival rate…if you are scared stay inside it’s pretty simple, just like getting the vaccine right?
As of today 980,747 Americans have died from COVID and its variations.
Based on the anti-vax and anti-health posters I believe we will lose more than 1 million Americans before this is over.
I can tell you one thing is for certain, I will die doing exactly what I want. I will not be talking idiotic advice from certified lunatic leftists and evil government “health professionals”. Especially people who think masks and vaccines “keep you safe”. They actually put you in physical danger at this point.
A cloth mask does nothing. I agree that it is all liberal mayhem
More liberal mad scientist madness, GO AWAY!