LA Mayor Backpedals Lockdown Extensions After Furious Reaction
by Tyler Durden
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 10:45
The mayor of Los Angeles on Tuesday quickly backpedaled from his top health director's extension of the stay-at-home order that would now last through July, after residents were furious about further quarantines, reported Reuters.
Barbara Ferrer, LA County's Health Director, said the new public health order, now called "Safer at Home," would go into effect this Friday and last for three months even as Gov. Gavin Newsom said restaurants and other businesses could reopen.
"While the Safer at Home orders will remain in place over the next few months, restrictions will be gradually relaxed under our 5-stage Roadmap to Recovery, while making sure we are keeping our communities as safe as possible during this pandemic," Ferrer said in a statement released Tuesday. "We are being guided by science and data that will safely move us forward along the road to recovery in a measured way—one that allows us to ensure that effective distancing and infection control measures are in place.
https://www.zerohedge.com/health/la-mayor-backpedals-lockdown-extensions-after-furious-reaction
