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I'm totally stunned that LA might move into the yellow tier next week. LOS ANGELES. WHERE EVERYTHING WAS V TERRIBLE LIKE THREE MONTHS AGO. WILL BE ALMOST FULLY OPEN. CA

I feel like I'm hearing this a lot, so I'm going to try to explain why it doesn't work to get tested Tuesday or Wednesday before Thanksgiving and then be

yesterday Gov. Newsom unveiled new rules for reopening businesses in California. the state's first attempt at reopening led to a big surge in coronavirus cases, especially in LA. here's how

the most stunning takeaway from LA's recent press briefings: officials estimated last week that 1 in 400 people in LA County were infectious with covid and not isolated. this week,

Orange County is different from LA in that its numbers have basically only been going in one direction since the pandemic started: uphttps://twitter.com/ThePinkDalek/status/1277041599403315201 Orange County's cases, hospitalizations and

so on my day off yesterday, the head of LA County's public health department put out this ominous statement about how bad things are getting with covid, basically saying that

I can't stop thinking about this: public health research shows you can't stop ppl from engaging in harmful behaviors, but you can help reduce the risks. like, you can't stop

An LA nurse was faced with a choice: rush into a COVID patient’s room to save him while only wearing a thin surgical mask, or wait to find an N95.

Having antibodies doesn't necessarily mean you're immune to the virus. We don't know enough yet to say what kind of immunity antibodies provide or long that immunity lasts. These tests

LA County just released the results of their antibody study. Tests found that 4.1% of the county's population has antibodies to the coronavirus. That figure is 55 times higher than

Gov. Newsom's presser just started. California is moving into next phase of COVID-19 -- "an optimistic phase." From containment and mitigation, "we begin to transition into suppression, ultimately on our

medical workers keep telling me they're terrified to talk to journalists right now. several doctors and nurses in the US have been fired for speaking out about covid. it's deeply