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  • Mask mandate didn’t work against COVID-19 in LA, say some doctors from USC and UCLA

    I hope they realize the vaccine is also only good at protecting some individuals from disease, rather than significantly reducing spread, (if at all). If they don't get that, then I'd question their mask position, too.

    A letter from USC and UCLA doctors and researchers sent to L.A. Board of Supervisors said mask mandates won’t slow the spread. Other doctors disagree as the mask debate rages on.

    Mask mandate didn’t work against COVID-19 in LA, say doctors from USC and UCLA
    Letter from doctors said masking has limited effect and its best to stress vaccines; other doctors still back masks

    By Steve Scauzillo | sscauzillo@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
    PUBLISHED: August 13, 2022 at 5:45 a.m. | UPDATED: August 15, 2022 at 10:21 a.m.

    A letter from top-level doctors and researchers arguing against the effectiveness of indoor mask mandates, along with pushback from health departments, cities and business groups, possibly played a role in a surprise decision not to re-institute the mandate in Los Angeles County last month.
    This newspaper obtained a copy of a February 2022 letter signed by doctors from UCLA’s Geffen School of Medicine and USC’s Keck School of Medicine sent to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, asking the county to end the mask mandate that was in effect this past winter, claiming the policy did not work.
    On July 22, some of the same doctors published their views in an op-ed in the Orange County Register, one of the newspapers in the Southern California News Group. At the time in July, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH) was strongly considering reimposing an indoor mask mandate — but on July 29 decided not to do so.
    The letter to the Board of Supervisors, part of a campaign to educate the board, was signed by Dr. Jeffrey D. Klausner, clinical professor of medicine, population and public health sciences at USC’s Keck School of Medicine; Neeraj Sood, professor of public policy at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy; James E. Enstrom, retired professor of epidemiology at UCLA; Dr. Noah Kojima, senior resident for internal medicine at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine; Dr. Catherine A. Sarkisian of UCLA’s Geffen School; James E. Moore, II, professor at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering; Dr. Gabe Vorobiof, associate professor of medicine and cardiology at UCLA Geffen School of Medicine; and Avanidhar Subrahmanyam, professor at UCLA’s Anderson School.
    Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who strongly opposed the mask mandate, said she was influenced by the doctors’ letter, as well as views they shared on social media. She said in a public statement that she hasn’t seen empirical data indicating mask mandates decrease COVID-19 transmission. Also playing a factor in her opposition, she said, were decisions by public health departments in Long Beach and Pasadena, which indicated they would not go along with the mandate — and an outcry from business groups.
    The cities of El Segundo and Beverly Hills also voted not to align with a mandatory indoor mask requirement.
    “I do believe masking is another line of defense in protecting yourself and others,” Barger said. “But as far as mandating: It’s time has come and gone.”...
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