"... advised people to wear higher grade and better fitted masks because new strains of the virus are proving to be more contagious and require better protection."

So you're saying that we didn't need to wear N95 before? You can tell this article was not written by a reporter, but by a media rep. Telling people a cheap cloth mask is sufficient, is how we got to be the world's epicenter of COVID.

"Recent analyses also suggest that the U.K. variant is associated with more severe illness."

They denied it for so long, you just had to expect the worst.

Here's the math. It's not difficult. The wealthiest 1% make their money off stocks. They don't work. When WE don't work, they don't earn. Yes, that's how it is. When we don't work, they don't get paid. Your health is secondary to keeping CA's massive economy running.

Blue Shield will make a huge profit off the COVID pandemic. We don't need it. We need nationalized health care like other countries have. Get rid of the health insurance profiteers.