there’s something very unsettling about watching officials announce huge spikes in cases and also plans to push forward with reopening. it feels almost dystopian, like this is making you guys really sick so let’s keep doing it!! but officials have always known this would happen

the plan with reopening has always been to do it carefully and try to reduce — not eliminate — the number of people who will fall sick and die of coronavirus. there will always be a trade-off, and that’s what we’re seeing now. the hope is that the surges won’t be too huge

the criteria for what merits shutdowns and closures will likely differ from county to county. but in general, officials are trying to prevent the hospital system from being overwhelmed, so hospitalization numbers are the metric to pay attention to as we reopen the economy

read this story from my colleagues @ronlin & @CShalby about recent upticks in coronavirus around the state https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-24/alarming-spike-in-coronavirus-spark-fear-california-starting-to-lose-this-battle

even as COVID-19 hospitalizations soar, Gov. Newsom insists the data are in line with his expectations and that the state is equipped to handle the surge

“We’ve always walked into this with our eyes wide open." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-24/california-stay-home-order-three-month-mark-gavin-newsom-coronavirus via @TarynLuna