UCLA Reinstates Campus Mask Mandate Over Delta Variant
“All individuals must now wear face masks in classrooms on campus, teaching labs, libraries and indoor recreation spaces”
This policy doesn’t even consider whether or not a student has been vaccinated.
The Daily Bruin reports:
UCLA reinstates mask mandate, requires masks in many indoor spaces on campus
UCLA reinstated the mask mandate for many indoor spaces on campus, regardless of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination status, according to a campuswide email Friday.
All individuals must now wear face masks in classrooms on campus, teaching labs, libraries and indoor recreation spaces, according to the campuswide email. Passengers must also wear masks while using BruinBus, BruinAccess and UCLA SafeRide services.
The university’s announcement comes after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a recommendation Monday encouraging the use of face masks in indoor public spaces in response to the rising number of COVID-19 cases caused by the highly transmissible delta variant. The delta variant is currently one of the dominant strains in LA County.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now estimates approximately one in every four new infections in the U.S. are due to the delta variant. About half of all variants sequenced in LA County the week of June 12 were delta variants, according to the Monday press release from LACDPH.
LA County previously removed the mask mandate for fully vaccinated individuals in most indoor spaces in line with June 15 state guidelines.
UCLA will not require masks for verified fully vaccinated individuals in research labs, offices, meeting rooms and any outdoor spaces, according to the email. Unvaccinated or partially vaccinated individuals must still wear masks in research labs, offices and meeting rooms.
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“follow the science”
Okay then when is this so-called institution of higher learning going to do that? There are a large number of studies by epidemiologists and physicists that have determined that not one of the commercially available masks can stop a virus. Not one.
This is more like jungle medicine where you display your magic talisman to protect you from the evil spirit. I see the hand of evil lawyers in this. Of course most of these room temperature IQ Liberal Arts type will just moo along with the rest of the herd.