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7 Dec, 7 tweets, 4 min read
California is preparing for a winter COVID-19 surge — if not from the newly identified Omicron variant, then from the Delta variant, which still poses a severe threat and has already caused surges in other states.

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It’s still far from clear what kind of increase California will see, and the state has been doing better than other parts of the country.

But officials say they want to be ready.

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Surge planning is also well underway in Central California, which has recently experienced a reprieve in COVID-19 hospitalizations, falling by nearly 30% since mid-November.

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If hospitals get extremely busy, they may be forced to implement crisis standards of care, potentially being required to ration healthcare to patients based on who is more likely to survive.

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Nursing homes have become an area of focus in L.A. County.

Health officials ordered that all skilled nursing facility residents, workers & contractors must test for the coronavirus once a week, regardless of vaccination status, between Dec. 15 & Jan. 31.

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It’s still too early to know for certain whether COVID-19 case rates will rise across CA as a result of gatherings over Thanksgiving.

“Rises like these after holidays are not unexpected,” said Dr. Cameron Kaiser, with San Diego County public health.

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Most of California’s counties are reporting substantial or high coronavirus transmission, the worst two levels of the CDC’s four-tier scale.

Read more from @ronlin and @LukeMMoney at latimes.com/california/sto…

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About 34,000 L.A. Unified School District students have not yet complied with the vaccine mandate.

And there's now no longer enough time for those who haven't gotten their first jab to be fully vaccinated by the start of the second semester latimes.com/california/sto…
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Citing mounting evidence of ongoing harm, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy issued a public health advisory on the mental health challenges confronting youth, a rare warning and call to action to address an emerging crisis exacerbated by the pandemic.

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Southern California Pizza Hut customers are being hit with an extra charge to help recover “the increased cost of operations in the state of California.”

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Planning to visit Disneyland this holiday season?🎄

Don’t miss @hugomartin’s tips on how to make the most of your time there: latimes.com/business/story…
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To get into the parks, you need to buy a ticket and book a reservation for the day you plan to visit.

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If you book a reservation for Jan. 2 through Jan. 9, you can avoid the crowds and still see all the holiday lights, ornaments, shows and parades. latimes.com/business/story…
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