COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus pandemic

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https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/...f-state-travel

MEDINA, Ohio — The Medina County Health Department is advising residents to wear masks and to practice social distancing following a surge of COVID-19 cases.

According to health officials, Medina County saw 74 cases during the 7-day period of July 6 to 13, which is the highest number of cases for a 7-day time period since the pandemic began.

Officials say that the positives cases did not come from congregate living areas such as nursing home or from testing events. The new cases have been traced to graduation parties, weddings, other group gatherings and out-of-state travel.

The health department asks residents to practice social distancing, wear a mask, avoid groups of 10 or more and wash your hands.

Health officials said that while residents are probably tired of hearing about washing your hands to help stop the spread of coronavirus, each thing you do creates a layer of protection that when combined, goes a long way in helping keep you, your family and the community healthy.

When it comes to schools, health officials say districts “are all grappling with how to incorporate as many layers as possible into each environment. This won’t be easy, and it won’t be perfect. Every district will make those tough individual choices for their schools, and parents will in turn make those choices for their own families.”

The health department asks residents to act with the entire community’s well-being in mind.

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https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...party/2468901/

A Montgomery County youth sports coach had contact with players and attended a 4th of July party while infected with COVID-19, according to county commissioner Dr. Valerie Arkoosh.

Dr. Arkoosh spoke about the person, whose gender or identity was not revealed, while discussing contact tracing during a COVID-19 news conference Wednesday afternoon.

The county's contact tracing team had shared the story of "a youth sports league coach, who tested positive for COVID-19, and was coaching during the infectious period, coached several games," Arkoosh said. "And this individual acknowledged that they did not always maintain social distance and did not always wear a mask."

“So because of that, working with the president of the league, the Office of Public Health recommended that 12 players and all three coaches that were involved be quarantined for a 14-day period,” Dr. Arkoosh said.

Montgomery County officials learned through contact tracing that the person also attended a 4th of July party during the infectious period.

“So because of that, working with the president of the league, the Office of Public Health recommended that 12 players and all three coaches that were involved be quarantined for a 14-day period,” Dr. Arkoosh said.

Montgomery County officials learned through contact tracing that the person also attended a 4th of July party during the infectious period.

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Georgia's governor is putting a stop to mayors forcing their citizens to wear face masks. This dude wants to not be reelected, I assume.

[raisedbywolves]

Georgia's governor is putting a stop to mayors forcing their citizens to wear face masks. This dude wants to not be reelected, I assume.

Or he wants to be dead, and all of Georgia's citizens to be dead too. Florida's governor hasn't stopped the cities from enacting mask ordinances, but he refuses to enforce a statewide one.

[JohnLanders]

Georgia's governor is putting a stop to mayors forcing their citizens to wear face masks. This dude wants to not be reelected, I assume.

Blame Del Bigtree, Larry Cook, Andrew Wakefield and RFK Jr. for this Anti-Vaxxers got a hold on Governors in some states though

https://www.irishcentral.com/news/rf...accine-message

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that Bill Gates controls the global message about vaccines by using his wealth to censor any negative information.

Kennedy Jr., the son of Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of John F. Kennedy, penned an op-ed for anti-vaccine organization Children's Health Defense on Tuesday.

He repeated claims that Bill Gates controlled the WHO, labeling it a marketing arm for Gates's vaccine empire. He alleged that Gates forced the WHO to declare vaccine hesitancy a top global health threat and said that Gates used his influence as the largest donor to the WHO to do so.


Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaccine advocate, said that Gates was trying to shape the narrative around vaccinations by pumping money into fact-checking websites to mislead the public.

He said that social media sites like Facebook and Pinterest were using advice from the WHO and the CDC to say which online statements are misinformation or hoaxes and said that Bill Gates was responsible for this since he donates so much money to both organizations.

Kennedy Jr. doubled down on claims that Bill Gates "owns" the WHO. He previously claimed that Gates provides 10% of the WHO's funding and that the organizations "begs and rolls over" for Gates's money.

However, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest merely employed a strategy of curbing anti-vaccine propaganda that misleads parents concerned about vaccinations.

Read more: Robert F. Kennedy Jr says Dr. Fauci and Bill Gates stand to profit from COVID-19 vaccine

The social media giants want people to get scientific evidence from trusted sources like the WHO and the CDC rather than conspiracy sites and pages that deliberately spread misinformation.

Facebook made the decision to fact check anti-vaccination posts after groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics called on social media sites to limit the spread of misinformation about vaccines on their sites.

Facebook uses online fact-checker Politifact to censor vaccine misinformation and Kennedy Jr. believes that Gates is manipulating what is censored.

He pointed to the fact that the Gates Foundation is the Poynter Institute's largest donor. The Poynter Institute is the parent organization of Politifact.

He also claimed that Gates's donations to public media organizations like National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS buys favorable coverage for vaccines in the mainstream media.

Bill Gates has been the subject of a huge number of allegations and conspiracy theories throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many of which have come from Robert Kennedy Jr.

He claimed that Gates stood to profit from a coronavirus vaccine and alleged that he owned several patents for a coronavirus vaccine.

Those claims have been debunked and there is no evidence that Gates stands to profit from the manufacture of a vaccine.

The claims were spread far and wide by anti-vaccination propaganda groups.

Kennedy Jr. also claimed that Gates would use a coronavirus vaccine to install a microchip in people which could store a person's medical history and even keep a record of any criminal activities they had been charged with.

The claim was quickly debunked by Reuters, who clarified the matter with the Gates Foundation.

Gates has donated more than $300 million to develop a coronavirus vaccine and he is working with world leaders and scientists to do so.

The Gates Foundation has also launched a Global Vaccine Action Plan, which aims to provide vaccines for people in some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.

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https://www.koin.com/news/politics/r...rus-liability/

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new plan from Senate Republicans to award businesses, schools, and universities sweeping exemptions from lawsuits arising from inadequate coronavirus safeguards is putting Republicans and Democrats at loggerheads as Congress reconvenes next week to negotiate another relief package.

The liability proposal, drafted by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and senior Republican John Cornyn of Texas, promises to shield employers when customers and workers are exposed to coronavirus by moving lawsuits to federal court and limiting legal liability to acts of “gross negligence or intentional misconduct,” according to a draft of the plan obtained by The Associated Press.

Supporters say the plan protects businesses and other employers who adhere to public-health guidelines in good faith. Opponents argue it will permit wrongdoing to go unpunished. It’s up to Congress to resolve the debate, with the outcome likely to determine what legal recourse is available to Americans who contract the virus.

“Even if businesses and hospitals follow all the relevant guidelines and act in good faith, they could end up fighting a very long and a very expensive lawsuit,” Cornyn said. “They could end up winning that lawsuit, but they could also end up going bankrupt in the process.

In the courts, gross negligence amounts to “reckless disregard” for the safety of others, which is a high standard to meet. Ordinary negligence, by contrast, occurs when a business owner fails to take reasonable precautions to protect people from the COVID-19 threat. The GOP’s proposed standard would apply retroactively to when the coronavirus began to circulate in December and would extend through at least 2024.

McConnell has said for months that some form of liability shield will be in the next COVID response measure, telling an audience in Kentucky on Wednesday that he won’t send the next, and fifth, coronavirus response bill to the floor without it.

The liability shield is just one of the difficult issues confronting lawmakers as they launch into negotiations over another coronavirus bill with competing priorities. Other major battles involve whether to renew a $600 per-week bonus federal unemployment benefit, how much assistance to send state and local governments, and whether to indulge President Donald Trump’s wish to Social Security payroll taxes.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is firmly on the opposite side of the liability plan, pressing instead for emergency workplace regulations to protect paramedics, emergency medical personnel, and other health care workers at risk of exposure to COVID-19 in their workplace.

The $3.5 trillion House Democratic measure, passed two months ago, requires the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, to issue emergency temporary workplace COVID safety standards for employers immediately upon enactment of the bill. That’s a nonstarter with the GOP.

“They have resisted, in the past, any strong OSHA standard, and that is absolutely essential for us to have to protect our workers, at all times, but an even stronger one at the time of coronavirus,” Pelosi said on Thursday.

The nation’s trial lawyers have traditionally held great influence with congressional Democrats and while they have absorbed some defeats over the years, they cannot be discounted as a lobbying force. Earlier this year, for instance, a minor liability issue involving face-masks became a huge behind-the-scenes struggle before manufacturers such as 3M prevailed.

The Republican proposal, which was distributed only in summary form, offers a broad shield by requiring heightened pleading standards stiffening burden-of-proof standards, and capping damages on awards. Employers would also be shielded from investigations by federal agencies.

Pelosi and top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York aren’t closing the door completely on McConnell’s demand. The liability shield is a top priority of not just the GOP’s corporate allies but also of colleges and local school districts.

“This is a critical issue for a wide range of employers from distillers who switched to producing hand sanitizers, to manufacturers that transformed their operations to construct personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators, to front line medical professionals treating the afflicted,” said the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a letter this week to top Capitol Hill leaders.

Advocates for the liability shield know they are in for a huge fight. Given McConnell’s determination on the issue, it’s likely some variant of the liability shield will pass, but it’s sure to be scaled back significantly. Pelosi is also adept at trading concessions on GOP priorities for additional funding, and the liability issue promises to be among the final items resolved when negotiations wrap up next month, along with unemployment benefits.

“I think it’s interesting that the first proposal that Republicans are offering is something that they negotiated with lobbyists that protects big corporations,” said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Friday.

[JohnLanders]

https://www.koin.com/news/health/cor...ases-recorded/

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 35-year-old woman is among 5 people who died from COVID-19 in the Friday report from the Oregon Health Authority. Another 307 confirmed/presumptive cases were also recorded.

The deaths bring the overall total in Oregon to 254. The 35-year-old from Multnomah County had underlying medical conditions, as did 3 of the other 4 people who ranged in age from 72 to 99. They all lived in different counties: Wasco, Umatilla, Marion and Clackamas.

The 307 new cases were recorded in 25 counties. Multnomah County again had the most cases — 88 — with Marion (39), Washington (37) and Clackamas (19) accounting for the other large reports.

There are now 13,802 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Oregon.

What are underlying medical conditions?
Oregon Speaker of the House Tina Kotek released information on what an underlying health condition is.

“According to a recent email exchange with the Oregon Health Authority, about 48% of all reported cases in Oregon were people with underlying conditions, with 40% having no underlying conditions and 12% unknown. The percentage of people who get infected and who have underlying medical conditions seems to be dropping as more of the cases occur in younger and healthier people,” Kotek wrote.

“Nearly everyone who has died from COVID-19 in Oregon is reported to have had an underlying health condition. Deaths have been highly concentrated among older people (almost 50% over 80 years of age and more than 90% over 60 years of age), which is also the population that tends to have more underlying medical conditions.”

The CDC has a list of underlying health conditions, which can be something fairly common like asthma, hypertension, diabetes.

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https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/...family-nearby/

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A mother, grandmother and a good friend. It’s how loved ones remember a Minneapolis woman who lost her life to COVID-19. WCCO continues our Faces of COVID-19 series with how Joan Wittman made sure her family always came first.

Her sweetness drew even the family dog in from the time Joan Wittman was born in 1931.

“She grew up here in Minneapolis,” her daughter Joan Berendt said. “She left school at 10th grade she started working to help the family out. But, one of the smartest people I ever knew.”

Joan did crossword puzzles in ink and her daughter says her mom’s nose was always buried in a book.

“I was really, really close to her,” Berendt said.

In fact, her mom lived with Jill Berendt’s family and helped to raise Jill’s kids, until dementia forced them two years ago to move Joan to North Ridge in New Hope. Like all nursing homes, when COVID-19 cases were confirmed in March, the facility kept families away.

“I was afraid for her. Because I knew that if she got it she probably wouldn’t survive it,” Berendt said.

Her family mailed her a cell phone with the hope they’d stay connected.

“I tried to talk to her on the phone one time but she clearly had no idea what was going on or who I was,” she said.

A month later, as COVID-19 cases climbed at North Ridge, Joan tested positive.

“They started saying she was going downhill fast,” she added.

Joan Wittman died on April 26 at 88 years old, without any final words from the five generations of family she leaves behind.

“She was just wonderful. I miss her every day,” her daughter said.

In a way, it’s made the months since more difficult for Berendt to manage. No memorial service or send-off to the woman they loved.

“It was hard to say goodbye. Without even being able to say goodbye,” Berendt added.

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https://fox40.com/news/coronavirus/1...e-report-says/

An unpublished document prepared for the White House coronavirus task force and obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit newsroom, recommends that 18 states in the coronavirus “red zone” for cases should roll back reopening measures amid surging cases.

The “red zone” is defined in the 359-page report as “those core-based statistical areas (CBSAs) and counties that during the last week reported both new cases above 100 per 100,000 population, and a diagnostic test positivity result above 10%.”

The report outlines measures counties in the red zone should take. It encourages residents to “wear a mask at all times outside the home and maintain physical distance.” And it recommends that public officials “close bars and gyms” and “limit social gatherings to 10 people or fewer,” which would mean rolling back reopening provisions in these places.

The report comes despite President Donald Trump’s insistence that states reopen and a push to send the nation’s children back to school, even as cases increase.

“Now we’re open, and we want to stay open and we will stay open. We’re not closing. We’ll put out the fires as they come out,” Trump said at a White House event earlier this month.

The following 18 states are in the red zone for cases: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

The report says the following 11 states are in the red zone for test positivity: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Washington. The 11 states in the red zone for test positivity are also in the red zone for cases, with the exception of Washington state.

One of the states that is in the red zone for both cases and test positivity, Georgia, is currently embroiled in a political fight with its largest city. Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp filed a lawsuit over Atlanta’s Democratic Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ mandate on masks in her city Thursday. He claimed it violated his emergency orders prohibiting local leaders from adding to the state’s requirements to protect against coronavirus.

The task force report specifically includes a recommendation that Georgia “mandate statewide wearing of cloth face coverings outside the home.”

Asked about the task force report, Bottoms told CNN she had not been in touch with the task force.

“I had not heard from them, but again, the people that I’m listening to are the scientists and our health care professionals,” she said during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day.”

Devin O’Malley, spokesman for Vice President Mike Pence and the task force, didn’t dispute the document’s authenticity, and claimed the report showed “encouraging signs” amid the pandemic.

“When the vice president held a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at HHS a few weeks ago, he reported that 16 states met the criteria for rising cases and rising positivity rate. As it stands in that report, there are only 10 states that fit that criteria. This is just one data point of many encouraging signs that we are seeing across the country as we continue to respond to the coronavirus pandemic,” O’Malley said in a statement.

Dr. Deborah Birx also said earlier this month that people living in states with coronavirus surges should return to the White House’s original “phase one” recommendations on gatherings.

Citing guidelines such as wearing face masks and avoiding bars and indoor events, Birx said those steps should be resumed in order to bring cases back under control.

She said they are “asking the American people in those counties and in those states to not only use those face coverings, not going to bars, not going to indoor dining, but really not gathering in homes either. And decreasing those gatherings back down to our phase one recommendation, which was 10 or less.”

Birx touted the importance of mask-wearing and said “any kind of indoor gathering” should be avoided in places experiencing a spike in cases.

Asked by CNN’s Joe Johns about the document, counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway said: “I think we see the surge in cases and we know where the hotspots are. We’ve been very upfront about that, we’ve published many documents.”

She said she didn’t know about the document specifically but had read reports.

[JohnLanders]

Jeff Holiday goes after another COVIDiot as in the parents and "the church" in this case.

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Here we go again

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[Angiebla]

There was a sign outside of my local grocery store saying its the law to wear a mask in there. Every single person but one biah was wearing a mask. I wanted to punch her in the face.

[JohnLanders]

There was a sign outside of my local grocery store saying its the law to wear a mask in there. Every single person but one biah was wearing a mask. I wanted to punch her in the face.

The Fucked up part here is that you have pundits like Del Bigtree and some governors who have not issued Mask wearing orders for political reasons enabling this shit to happen.

[JohnLanders]

Yes Del Bigtree is inciting people to violate mask orders around the nation here.

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The best information for virology.

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https://www.10news.com/news/local-ne...-on-gatherings

CARLSBAD, Calif. (KGTV) — Police say they were tasked with breaking up a crowd of 50 to 100 beachgoers having a large party on Friday amid a ban on gatherings in the county due to the pandemic.

Carlsbad Police say the large crowd of mostly young people was having a large party and drinking near the Rue Des Chateaux beach access point on North Ocean St. at about 6 p.m.

Police said when they arrived, the crowd voluntarily dispersed and no fines were given.

A witness who sent ABC 10News a photo of the scene said it's not the first time this has happened. The witness said that large gatherings and parties in their neighborhood and at the beach have become a daily occurrence.

The county's public health order bans gatherings of any size involving individuals who are not from the same household.

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https://www.wftv.com/news/local/osce...FT32XJ6JBCNF4/

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — Osceola County deputies are planning to up patrols to break up so-called COVID-19 parties, which the sheriff said are gatherings at a house party to either plan to catch the virus or not care if they do.

Sheriff Russ Gibson said the parties have been happening in three subdivisions in the west side of the county.

He said Central Florida residents are renting homes in the neighborhoods for a night or two and having large groups over for house parties.

Deputies shared aerial helicopter footage of one of the recent parties



But Gibson said there are limits to what deputies can do since the hosts and attendees are not specifically breaking a law.

“These are recommendations by the CDC and that’s what we’re going by, but they’re not violating the law,” Gibson said. “There is no law.”


Gibson said he may be presenting plans to change that to county attorneys and the board of county commissioners to try to change that.

“We don’t have the proper potential ordinances to take action,” he said.

Gibson said his department is planning for increased patrols this weekend when the majority of the parties have happened in the past.


“We’re going to have extra patrols out there, especially when we know these parties are going on tonight, tomorrow night. Generally speaking, they’re on the weekends,” he said.

[JohnLanders]

https://abc7news.com/uc-berkeley-cor...-fall/6321312/

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- There are big questions as to whether or not we will see college sports in the fall, and news out of the East Bay is not helping the case amid the coronavirus pandemic.

UC Berkeley confirmed Thursday that eight student athletes involved in voluntary workouts have tested positive for COVID-19.


Stanford has already cancelled seasons for 11 sports.

Analysts and executives that we talked with are questionable on whether we'll actually see a college football season this year. Former Major League Baseball player Bip Roberts has some serious questions.

"Numbers have spiked quickly because there is no social distancing, so you talk about college football, how do you play football without contact? I've never seen it played like that."

Roberts says he wouldn't be surprised if the season was altogether canceled.

At UC Berkeley 125 student athletes have come back to campus for voluntary workouts. Eight of those individuals have tested positive for coronavirus.

While it's unclear what sports they were involved in, even alumni are questioning the safety of any sports season.

"The numbers are still up and so I think it would be a bad idea to sacrifice the safety of the athletes," says Ham Huang, who recently graduated from UC Berkeley.

Tom Duryea graduated as a Golden Bear and agrees, "I'm a big sports guy, I would like to see it, but at the same time I think you have to make sure that these athletes are safe the people that possibly attend are going to be safe."


A Berkeley Public Health order allows small groups of 12 to weight train outdoors.

Thursday, weights could be seen on the side of the practice football field at UC Berkeley.

While seeing and hearing about that may give you hope, Roberts says there is a difference between a sport like football and others.

"There is no social distance," he said. "You're gonna have the virus all of a sudden spread around the team and there is really nothing you can do about it except not play."

We talked with a former sports executive who said he sees the biggest challenges for college sports when it comes to restarting because these aren't professionals, these are student athletes.

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https://abc7news.com/coronavirus-cov...covid/6308407/

BERKELEY, Calif. (KGO) -- UC Berkeley has a message for students - knock off the partying.

"I think it's really stupid," said Cal student and sorority member, Olive Curreri.

Curreri and other members of UC Berkeley sororities and fraternities are disappointed, but not surprised, that a COVID-19 outbreak was traced back to a series of parties connected to the Greek system.


"I live sandwiched in between two other fraternities and I have personally definitely heard things going on until two or three in the morning," said Curreri.

According to University Health Services, 47 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in one week, which tripled the number of total university cases over the entire pandemic to 70.

Many students rent rooms in fraternity houses, which are privately owned, over the summer and not all of them are members of the Greek system.

"I know a lot of people who have said they've gotten sick, or friends have told me that they have friends who have gotten sick in the Greek community," said Milton Zerman, who said his fraternity is not involved in the outbreak. But, he knows about the parties that were...

"Max 30-40 people, more of local get together with friends and friends of friends," said Zerman who said people were not social distancing or wearing masks at the parties.


Several students told ABC7 news reporter Kate Larsen that a specific fraternity held the parties, but the University hasn't said which house is responsible.

"Just in the streets you see massive crowds of women, individuals, men gathered and just ready to go to some house. They're dressed in party attire," said Chris Arellano, a student and president of Pi Lambda Phi. He says the Interfraternity Council explicitly instructed fraternities not to throw parties.

"You don't want COVID, you don't throw parties," said Arellano.

UC Berkeley proposed a combination of in-person and online classes in the fall, but according to UC Berkeley spokesperson, Janet Gilmore, "if we're seeing this level of increase at this rate in COVID cases, then we may have to rethink our plans for the fall."

"It really bothers me. It puts our classes at risk, it puts other people in the area at risk, it's not just students who live here," said Curreri.

Cal says the outbreak did spread to households and people outside the Greek community.

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I don't know if this owner is an anti-vaxxer or trying to be unique, but I hope their ass gets shutdown and they become homeless for this publicity stunt.

https://abc7.com/amp/apple-bistro-ca...masks/6324919/

NORCAL RESTAURANT REFUSES TO SERVE CUSTOMERS WEARING MASKS, COULD FACE LICENSE SUSPENSION
A restaurant in Northern California is facing complaints after customers say staff has refused to serve anyone wearing a mask.
By ABC7.com staff
Monday, July 20, 2020 10:35AM PT

A restaurant in Northern California is facing complaints after customers say staff has refused to serve anyone wearing a mask.
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (KABC) -- A restaurant in Northern California is facing complaints after customers say staff has refused to serve anyone wearing a mask.

The Apple Bistro in Placerville, located about 40 miles northeast of Sacramento, has been turning people away if they are wearing a mask, according to multiple reviews posted on Yelp and social media.


The restaurant has a sign posted out front stating its position clearly: "No social conditioning. No oxygen deprivation mask. No latex dirty germ spreader."

RELATED: Over $67,000 raised for San Diego Starbucks barista in mask complaint

More than $67,000 raised for San Diego Starbucks barista targeted in Facebook post over mask policy


"I was just asked to leave this caf?, when I went in to grab an apple pie," one woman wrote on social media. "Why? Because I was wearing a mask. We stop almost every time we come up to the cabin. We will never stop there again."

Some customers say it doesn't bother them.


"I have no problem," one woman said. "I'm glad to see them still doing business. They are social distancing."

WATCH: Video highlights how spit from talking travels in air with and without a mask

Coronavirus: New video study highlights how spit from talking travels in air with and without a mask


"When I ate there a week ago, there were people there with masks on," she added. "But how do you eat with a mask on?"

El Dorado County officials have taken notice. They say restaurants like this one will soon start getting visits. There will be a one-time warning, but after that they face the possible suspension of licenses to serve food.
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[raisedbywolves]

Well Capt Dumb Dumb now says it's 'patriotic' to wear a mask, so his legion of maskless idiots are going to have to decide what to do now.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...id=mailsignout

President Trump on Monday tweeted for the first time a photograph of himself wearing a mask and described the practice as a patriotic act amid the coronavirus pandemic.

[JohnLanders]

I don't know if this owner is an anti-vaxxer or trying to be unique, but I hope their ass gets shutdown and they become homeless for this publicity stunt.

https://abc7.com/amp/apple-bistro-ca...masks/6324919/

Its against California State order

https://covid19.ca.gov/masks-and-ppe/

Coronavirus spreads when an infected person speaks, sneezes, or coughs within 6 feet of others. You may have the virus and spread it even if you feel well.

To prevent infection, you must cover your nose and mouth when outside your home. So wearing a mask is now required statewide. Wearing a mask or cloth face covering can slow the spread of COVID-19 by limiting the release of virus into the air. It also reinforces physical distancing, and shows you care about the health of others.

Don?t wear your mask under your nose or just on your chin. A mask is only effective if it covers both ways you breathe.
Read the official mask guidance from the California Department of Public Health. (Lee las reglas de la m?scara en espa?ol.)

Here is some advice about when you should wear a mask, and what mask to choose.
Who needs a mask?

Anyone going outside their home
Workers in customer-facing industries
Workers in offices, factories, or any group setting
Doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals
Other workers, as dictated by industry guidance

Who shouldn?t wear a mask?

Children under 2 years old
Anyone with respiratory issues where it would impede their breathing
Anyone unable to remove the mask without help
Anyone with a medical condition, mental health condition, or disability that does not allow them to wear a mask

See a complete list of who should not wear a mask.
When should you wear a mask?

You should wear a mask or face covering whenever you?ll be around someone you don?t live with, including:

In any indoor public space
When waiting in line
When getting health care
On public transportation or when ride-sharing
At work, when near others or moving through common areas
Outdoors, if you can?t stay 6 feet away from others

When can you take off your mask?

There are times when it?s okay to take your mask off when you?re away from home, such as:

When eating or drinking
If a hearing-impaired person needs to read your lips
If wearing a face covering imposes a risk to you at work ? for example, if it could get caught in machinery
When you?re not sharing a common area, room or enclosed space with others
When you are getting a service to the nose or face
When outdoors in public and can stay six feet from others

You should replace the mask as soon as you can after these activities to reduce the risk of infection.
Kinds of masks

There are many kinds of masks, but these are the 3 most common.
Cloth mask or face covering
Cloth mask or face covering. Photo by Vera Davidova on Unsplash.

This is cloth used to cover the nose and mouth, tied behind the head, or secured over the ears with elastic loops. It is made of cotton, silk, linen, or neoprene, and can be machine-made or hand-sewn. A homemade version can be improvised from a scarf or t-shirt. It should be made of tightly woven fabric.

Most people should wear a cloth mask. This is so there can be enough surgical masks and N95 respirator masks for medical personnel.

Wearing a cloth face covering doesn?t take the place of physical distancing. It is effective when combined with keeping a 6-foot distance from others.

Use and care: Wear a clean mask every time you go out. Wash in the laundry or by hand between uses. See more mask care instructions from the California Department of Public Health.

Where to find: Many online sellers now offer masks in a variety of materials. You can also make your own. Read how in this cloth mask guidance from the CDC.
Surgical mask
Surgical mask. Photo by Polina Tankilevitch from Pexels.

This is a manufactured disposable mask, often used in surgery. Medical personnel wear them for protection against fluid splashes.

Some non-medical workers also wear surgical masks for disposability and fluid protection. They include those who work in:

Manufacturing
Food processing
Community/social services
Social work
In-home day care
Law enforcement/public safety
Schools

Don?t buy surgical masks for personal use. They are part of PPE needed by medical professionals.

Use and care: Start with a new mask every day. Replace and dispose of it according to your workplace guidelines.

Where to find: If you are in one of the above industries, your employer should provide surgical masks at work. If you?re a frontline employer and need to order them for your workers, see how to get PPE.
N95 respirator mask
N95 respirator masks. Photo by CDC from Pexels. Images from the Center for Disease Control's Public Health Image Library.

This is a mask with a respirator that blocks 95% of particles that are otherwise inhaled. Medical personnel need them the most, but they?re used by some workers in other industries.

Don?t buy N95 respirator masks for personal use. They are part of PPE needed by medical professionals.

Use and care: Start with a new mask every day. Replace and dispose of it according to your workplace guidelines.

Where to find: If an N95 respirator mask is required for your job, your employer should provide them at work. If you?re a frontline employer who needs them for your workers, see how to get PPE.

See this chart of the various types of masks (PDF) for more details.

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Anyone know where I can buy a cute mask with filter pocket? I've been wearing those blue ones I bought before the pandemic was a thing.