The public has become more accustomed to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the virus no less infectious now than it was in the winter.
While L.A. County continues to ban gatherings beyond protests or religious services, the Bay Area is beginning to allow small group meet-ups.Newsom asks Californians to ‘be more vigilant’ as state sees record-breaking coronavirus casesIt’s possible for us to change our habits. Wearing seat belts became California law in 1986. Smoking is no longer allowed in crowded public areas.
In California, large indoor gatherings have triggered multi-generational COVID-19 outbreaks. People are particularly infectious in the days before they show symptoms if they do fall ill; a substantial share of those who get infected never show symptoms at all, yet can still be highly contagious.Also complicating the public messaging system were the dizzying differences among neighboring counties over the pace of the reopening.
Another reason the coronavirus is hard to contain is its death rate. While it’s 10 times more deadly than the seasonal flu, making stay-at-home orders reasonable to many, the virus is not nearly as lethal as the severe acute respiratory syndrome virus of 2002-03, which had a case-fatality rate 10 times higher and would probably prompt wider support for stronger lockdown measures, Kim-Farley said.
If officials can craft disease control measures that the public will support, it’ll help create new social norms.
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