In a telling sign of how the fight against the pandemic is going locally, masks are going to be required for outdoor events with 500 or more attendees. Regardless of vaccination status. Yep, we are in the midst of a full on resurgence in the number of COVID-19 cases. And I think this new mandate came about because a recent music festival here turned into a super-spreader event with loads of new cases. I read somewhere that our state is averaging about 3,300 new cases a day and hospitalizations are up 40% over the last few weeks. And that 95% of the people hospitalized are not vaccinated. Hardly a surprise, given that about 40% of our state are still not vaccinated - and probably never will be. Which is why we're never going to reach herd immunity.
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