by Chris Bailey
17 July 2021, Ventura County Los Angeles County California
In a stinging rebuke of the political leadership and the Los Angeles County Health Department, Sheriff Alex Villanueve issued a prompt press release on the heels of the forced mandate on inside mask wearing throughout Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Sheriff pointed out that those who are already vaccinated, and have little or no possibility of hospitalization due to the virus should not be forced to be in a mask, especially when it was a primary motivation to get vaccinated in the first place.
Science states that those who have already contracted COVID-19 have clear immunity, at least for the duration the vaccine will. To expect either of these two groups to wear masks indoors is not backed by science and contradicts the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) has authority to enforce the order without the assistance of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department, and we will not commit our resources, but ask for voluntary compliance. Sheriff Villanueva’s full statement can be read here
Sheriff Villanueve isn’t being reckless. The current decision isn’t based on science, but in a fear that the Delta variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus will somehow destroy the Los Angeles County economy by attacking residents.
You can read the reasoning for the new mask policy here. The new SARS-COV-2 variant classification system, which was created jointly between the CDC and the World Health Organization, is designed to prevent just such a situation, which is happening in Los Angeles County today. Should the CDC find there is cause for alarm, because the Delta variant, or any variant, becomes enough of a factor in infections and defeating treatments that an elevation in the variant classification should be necessary, the CDC can make that call.
You can read about the Variant Classification System here. As of 17 July 2021 the Delta variant of the SARS-COV-2 virus has not been elevated above a Variant of Concern, where it has been since first being classified in the CDC system. 
See the classification of all current variants of the virus that are recorded and tracked by the CDC here on the Center for Disease Control SARS-COV-2 variant classification webpage.
As of today the most devastating attack on the Los Angeles County citizens and economy has been the lockdown imposed by the Los Angeles County Health Department, not a virus.
Chris Bailey is a reporter-at-large of citizensjournal.us, a business owner, military veteran and long time resident of Camarillo
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Anyone want to say what the current un-elected illegitimate sheriff guy “Mustache Bill”s” position is as to ‘mask mandates”??
This candidate for Ventura County Sheriff is again making his position as to ‘mask mandates” 1005 clear. They are NOT ‘law” as such they will not be enforced and if enacted I will publicly tell any Govt official that it is NOT law and pound them so that the entire people know that ‘mandates” have as much authority as a ‘suggestion” and probably stupider.
Sheriff Villanueva knows it’s a lie, willing to call it out and he knows where the public sentiment is.. I was bopping around the SFV the last two days; I do not wear a mask, thats a no. In the past I would get push back in some places. This time, nothing. enough people out there not complying to render this mask-mandate moot. 3% non compliance breaks it!
We know that many illegals have crossed the border over the years and have settled in California and likely in Los Angeles. Is it beyond that probabilities that recent invaders have brought more active COVID cases into los angeles that is playing a measurable role in the current increase of active cases of the virus.
Just asking the politicians that are playing doctor if that’s a possibility they are considering.
About time that law enforcement is not going to enforce political opinion.
Thanks for the various views so that thinking people can make their own decisions instead of just being a bunch of lemmings.
Bravo Sheriff Villanueva!!!