Orange County health officer: COVID 'going to get worse' amid low vaccinations rates, lax community precautions
Dr. Jose Mayorga, executive director of UCI Health Family Health Centers, said some folks have let their guard down when it comes to protecting themselves.
"Well I definitely think we're in the middle of these waves. There's different ideas of a triple hit of these viruses," he said."People were very much aware of their risk of getting sick from COVID and so people were wearing masks, they were washing their hands really well," Dr. Mayorga said. "They were limiting their indoor activities in crowded spaces. All that's kind of been let go to some extent.
Dr. Chinsio-Kwong said moving into the medium tier should inspire people to do their part to stay healthy and safe. "Unfortunately with what I'm seeing in the community and people are not really following a lot of the precautions, and also our vaccination rates for the bivalent booster are not really high enough, unfortunately, I feel like it's going to get worse before it's going to get better," she said.Copyright © 2022 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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