All students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, will no longer be required to wear a mask indoors at schools and child care facilities starting March 12. Gov. Gavin Newsom and California state health officials issued the order on Monday, nearly a month after they lifted the mandate for vaccinated people gathering in restaurants and other […]
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Health Officer Reinstates Mask Mandate in Humboldt as Cases Skyrocket
Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman announced at a press conference this afternoon that he is reinstating a countywide mask order requiring facial coverings in indoor public spaces, effective at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. The announcement comes amid a surge in local cases that officials believe is being fueled by the highly contagious Delta variant, with 82 […]
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County Recommends Masking in All Indoor Public Spaces
Humboldt County Public Health is recommending that everyone once again mask in public, indoor spaces amid a rise in spread of the Delta variant. Humboldt now joins 25 other California counties in making the recommendation, while Los Angeles County has gone a step further and re-imposed its mask mandate as it faces renewed concerns about […]
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Hoffman, Fauci Recommend Double Masking to Ensure Tight Fit
Humboldt County Health Officer Ian Hoffman suggested during a media availability Thursday that residents should consider double masking, if possible, in an effort to avoid another potential surge in COVID-19 infections. Hoffman’s comments came a day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported it has found double masking — or wearing a medical procedure […]
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Get Tested and Wear Facial Coverings; What You Can Do While the County Slowly Reopens
As the county slowly begins to reopen, Humb0ldt County Public Health would like to remind residents what they can do to help ease the spread of COVID-19. “It’s really important for us all to remember that we’re moving forward at a steady pace,” Dr. Frankovich said in a press release. “It was never the intent […]
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Superior Court to Allow Judges, Others Not to Wear Masks
Yesterday, the Humboldt County Superior Court issued a new mask policy that allows judges and “individual addressing the Court” not to wear one. While the Court acknowledged that the Humboldt County Public Health Officer has ordered that facial coverings should be worn inside all public buildings, the court’s new order states, “However, the Administration of […]
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Wear the Damn Mask
I often tell my kids, perhaps more frequently since we’ve all been on lockdown together, “Be as good as you can be, not as bad as you can get away with.” The scolding feels different looking out into our community during shelter in place. But before I get to what some are getting away with, […]