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Public urges San Francisco to reinstate indoor mask mandate as health officers recommend harm reduction
Summary
Health officials presented COVID-19 trends and urged harm-reduction approaches; multiple public callers and disability advocates pressed the commission to reinstate an indoor mask mandate, citing long COVID risks and high local positivity rates.
At the June 7 San Francisco Health Commission meeting, Director of Health Grant Colfax and Health Officer Dr. Susan Philip provided an update on COVID-19 indicators and policy options while facing strongly worded public comment urging the reinstatement of an indoor mask mandate.
Colfax summarized department data on hospital capacity and case rates and turned the detailed clinical discussion over to the health officer. Dr. Philip said hospital capacity remained adequate with hospitalizations "ranging between in the high 80s to, just about 100" over the prior two weeks and a case rate around 50—5 per 100,000. She emphasized that vaccines and treatments have changed the risk profile but warned that newer…
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