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Winternationals Face Mask and Vaccine/Negative Test Requirements
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DG
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You do understand that we are experiencing record increase in infection over the last few week?
While the trends seem to indicated a lessening in the rate of increase, there is still a huge risk of infection, illness, and even death!
If the current decreases continue, the regulations may change before Pomona, like they have in San Fancisco!
LA County Daily COVID-19 Data - LA County Department of Public Health
publichealth.lacounty.gov
J
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Its called life,live it and stop watching cnnYou do understand that we are experiencing record increase in infection over the last few week?
While the trends seem to indicated a lessening in the rate of increase, there is still a huge risk of infection, illness, and even death!
If the current decreases continue, the regulations may change before Pomona, like they have in San Fancisco!
LA County Daily COVID-19 Data - LA County Department of Public Health
Geez. Lighten up.
I was merely replying to a previous post in this thread that questioned if masks were going to be required for the Phoenix race when I said I didn’t see many masks for the Barrett-Jackson auction being held this weekend in Scottsdale.
If you want to wear a mask, even when it’s not required, that’s certainly your right.
But, if one is not required, I’ll do without, thank you very much.
As opposed to watching Faux News?
The media shares the same tactics all around.
For many this is beyond just living life. I'm trying to be cautious for those around me. I still do the same things that I normally do but I'm definitely cautious about it. I love my family and friends too much.
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qualified17th
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Yep. Highly doubt there will be any enforcement once you're in the gates; I would say that not wanting to wear a mask shouldn't be the reason someone doesn't go. The Farmers Insurance Open golf tournament in San Diego had all the same mask rules, and you could see on the TV broadcast not a soul was wearing one. Same thing at my college and at our basketball games, we have an indoor mask mandate, but everybody wears one through the gate and immediately takes it back down, and bobody does or says anything. I would say the Winternationals will be the same way. Just saying you have a mask rule to please the local government enough for them to let you have the race doesn't mean that said requirement is enforced in reality.
stitcherbob
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I hope all the teams have enough N95 masks, since all those personalized cloth masks have been deemed not effective against the Omicron virus.......
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Cloth masks weren't effective against the original strains of Covid, either. lol.
Custom Body Fan
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Who cares if you have to wear a mask? I am looking forward to the race!
Chili
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Well it does suck to wear one outside when it’s warm. Had to twice in Vegas and once in Indy over the last few years. I’ll do it if required but I don’t have to like it.
Polish Hammer
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Funny but watching the game and when they panned the crowd for all of the celebrities we couldn’t help but notice the lack of masking.
Dragracer
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Where did you hear the crowd limit is 5,000? LA County does not have a crowd limit, just COVID requirements. The NHRA ticket site is for reserved seating. It doesn't have anything about General Admission.
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Polish Hammer
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Yes,he was sporting a chin diaper, not covering mouth or nose, but none of the other notables had any masks to be found. You’d think Magic with his history of HIV would certainly be following CDC guidance, and then there’s Newsom...it’s all just political theater.
A, it's been scientifically proven that vaccinations DO NOT prevent the spread of the Omicron variant or even lower the number by one case; B, it's also been proven that the Level 3 surgical masks that most everyone wears have almost zero effect on preventing spread of same because the virus is small enough to travel in and out of them. An N95 would likely be effective but nobody is going to wear one of those restrictive things for 5 hours at a drag race.You do understand that we are experiencing record increase in infection over the last few week?
While the trends seem to indicated a lessening in the rate of increase, there is still a huge risk of infection, illness, and even death!
If the current decreases continue, the regulations may change before Pomona, like they have in San Fancisco!
LA County Daily COVID-19 Data - LA County Department of Public Health
I won't bother starting a discussion as to why LA county has this mandate since that entails politics. We all know the reasons. And yes, there's been a large increase in infection rates but there's only one way to ensure you won't catch Omicron COVID from the Winternationals event - don't attend it. The Pomona Winternats are traditional but if I were running things at NHRA I'd consider moving the event to another state - permanently. Flame away.
