More California COVID Floundering
In a remarkably unserious move, California public health officials issued an updated travel advisory Wednesday, discouraging non-essential into and out of the state. The new advisory replaces the pre-holiday advisory that asked travelers coming into California to self-isolate for 14 days. As of Wednesday [Jan 6], the California Department of Public Health says those coming back into the state should self-quarantine for 10 days. . . . That 10-day period does not apply to health care workers and emergency responders coming in to help the state’s struggling hospital system. Residents are also being asked to avoid traveling to places in the state that are more than 120 miles from their homes, or to other states or countries. That recommendation does not apply to residents who have to travel for things like work, study or immediate medical care, or those who routinely travel out of the state or the country for essential reasons. So let's parse this out. Two weeks ago, the...