The Recurring Threat To Reimpose A Broad Mask Mandate In Los Angeles County

Barbara Ferrer, the director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, is once again threatening to reimpose a broad mask wearing mandate on people in the county, purportedly to counter coronavirus.

Of course, masks have never been shown to provide net protection against coronavirus and even most people who succumbed to the coronavirus fearmongering early on have happily turned their backs on masks, “social distancing,” isolation at home, and the rest of the pseudoscientific protocols that were thrust upon them before.

Nonetheless, some bureaucrats can’t help but keep grasping to reclaim the power that has slipped through their fingers.

Back in July, Ferrer threatened that a broad mask mandate would likely soon automatically swing back in force in the county because of increases in coronavirus “community transmission” numbers in the county – numbers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had singled out as important. She is back now with a similar threat.- READ MORE